July & August in Raleigh are hot and humid but you do not have to shovel sunshine. 

You've got grit...and no more shoveling : )

My husband and I started by building our first home from the ground up at 19 years old and my husband was throwing up the entire first week when the shovel was going in the ground lol then we house hacked it with a basement apartment and I still get nervous to this day when we take on a new tenant in our own home.

LOOK , when you drive a car you pay for the gas , when you go out to eat you pay for the food , when you rent a house you pay for the utilities , AND you cut the grass , rake the leaves , and shovel the drive .

But my tenants pay all utilities, garbage, mow lawns, shovel own snow, so just PITI and reserves for me.

Sewer line excavated and replaced, $1500 tops or I‘ll get out a shovel myself.

Originally posted by Financexaminer:If you have those critters, take a shovel and pick up some and put them on another pile of them.

Foundation is easy , break out the shovel and start digging .  

Quote from @Thripura Vemireddy: HiThe return seems amazing in this market conditions.Would you mind tellingDoes 258k includePermit fee (soft costs…etc impact fee)Loan costSelling cost(realtor, closing costs)GC feeHolding cost(tax, insurance, utilities..)Thank youReddy Land is purchased as equity, turn permits in while we wait to close the home, once the site is entitled and "shovel ready" we close on the construction loan.

Boston surprised might be related to winter such as frozen pipes, snow shoveling, slip and falls and the strong tenant rights (slow eviction process).