Can't realistically do that with a pickup without having to continuously load or unload.

I am buying the lumber materials for 2 duplexes at a time and having it direct shipped so supplier does not handle.

Dimensional lumber on the west coast has gone up 50% in the last year.. 

I could certainly pay cheap for all kinds of materials that suppliers can't unload.

GC's won't let you piece out the home building and buy the lumber/drywall yourself. 

HOwever it does boil down to industry and jobs.. you got them you have a nice vibrant community the Mill be it steel lumber textiles closes down and now you have out flow and dead and dying real estate.I mean there is a reason that many of the landlords on this site can buy rentals for under 30k in many many parts of the central US and rust belt.. comes down to supply and demand there is more supply than demand..  

Anything you have to rehab right now, anything you need guys to show up and work on, should be a very big question mark in your portfolio right now.One of my buddies had a 10% hike on his loose lumber package, this was last Tuesday. 

Nope.Never submitted the offer.If this continues, in a few months there will be more foreclosures, or people being forced to unload their properties.

Used Aberdeen Birch engineered hardwood from lumber liquidators (paid $1.56/sqft), installed on top of those standard underlayment mats, name is escaping be right now, big red roll for $.50/square ft.

Go to Lowes, Home Depot, 84 Lumber etc and ask.I use subs based on time vs money and do the rest myself like Rehab702.