It can definitely vary based on your situation, though.If you want, feel free to DM me — I’m local to Tucson and happy to help you think through options or connect you with a couple loan officers who handle construction financing regularly.

Material prices have continued to rise, particularly mechanical/plumbing supplies, but it's been gradual and no changes within reasonable rehab life cycles that are truly profitability altering.

my firm does foreign national loans all the time. it's not an issue. any loan officers you talk to that are confused by that are not well informed. you're looking at an LTV reduction and a slight increase in rate maybe, but it can easily be done.

To find real flippers and build a reliable team, lead with value and tight filters: define your flip box, then post and ask at local meetups, investor FB groups, and supply houses for intros to GCs, agents, and lenders who’ve closed multiple flips this year; run quick interviews, verify with photos, permits, and past HUDs, and start them on a small, time‑boxed task to test communication, updates, and workmanship before giving bigger scopes.

I’m curious how others are approaching this niche in 2025 — especially with housing supply tightening in many markets.

Since we want to be conservative with our underwriting, we found the county’s Property Tax Estimator tool: https://cuyahogacounty.gov/fiscal-officer/departments/budget...Our current thought process:-Look up the correct tax district and current value from county records-Enter the property’s purchase price as the new market value in the estimator-Use the 2026 estimated tax amount for deal analysis, since that’s likely closer to where taxes will eventually adjustFor those of you investing in Cleveland:-Does this approach make sense?

They took on more projects than they can handle just as a number of market variables turned against them: materials costs and availability and staffing, both back office and subs, just to name a couple.

When I walked it, the empty property looked well taken care of, but when a contractor arrived to walk the property this morning, it was surrounded by police officers. 

-Top performers: 28092 (Lincolnton) and 28012 (Belmont) are exceptionally tight at 4–5%, indicating very strong rental demand and limited supply.- Submarkets like Huntersville (28078), Cornelius (28036), and Mooresville (28115) continue to show consistent occupancy and rent growth.

This development boosts investor confidence by de-escalating a trade war that has disrupted global supply chains since 2018.