I’m currently working on a couple of of custom home projects, flips, and as of late...flipping/converting for AirBnB.

Or maybe not, there's a cost incurred to start cooking a custom Happy Meal that the customer does not end up buying, and you've got to figure that's happening staggeringly frequently with this COVID pricing model.What banks and lenders SHOULD do, of course, is look at where the market is at, look at their realistic Happy Meal inventory and production times, and not post a price so low that you can't service the business, in spite of what 100% of consumers would answer on a survey ("do you want the lowest price possible?")

Lots of cookie cutter, lower priced houses are more likely to be rentals than if the house is surrounded by custom built unique houses.

We loved the layout and he was willing to work with us on custom touches since we didn't want to change anything structural we got to really make it ours.That main house was built from start to finish in 3 months... for a 2400 sqft craftsman, we were impressed.A few years later we decided to build a garage with loft apartment that we could Airbnb. 

There was also a custom made cabinet in the garage for fishing rods and gear.

From our perspective, when we are walking out a job we have to size up what the customer wants (when they don’t want to tell you) .

After all, your potential customers (i.e., your future tenant applicants) will be doing that, too.As far as finding contractors, it's definitely tough these days.

Those with proven track records and excellent customer service will continue to receive referrals and word of mouth leads, even though they likely have ample other sources of capital from investors and lenders.But to get started it is all about proving you know what you are doing to someone that doesn't know you from John.  

I know that I have a lot of questions about real estate investing so I would like to give back to the platform in some way by offering up any knowledge I have to anyone who may have questions about the process involved with building custom homes or ADU's.I look forward to learning from everyone here! 

Investors tend to be repeat customers so the agents pool of buyers may be interested in your properties.