As a former builder and Realtor with over 20 years experience in the residential construction industry, I have became a huge fan of Jason Lawrence and the homebuilding content that he produces. I’ve watched most all of his UA-cam videos and have found nothing that I disagree with. The information that he shares is so valuable and his vast knowledge is evident. I look forward to each and every video that he posts. I sincerely appreciate how genuine he is and his willingness to share such valuable information that he has learned from his lengthy residential construction and real estate career.
Jeremy thank you so much for that! I can’t believe you took the time to write all that up in a comment, very kind of you! You are a good guy! Thank you so much!
Jason - Just like all of your videos, this is another great one. Your knowledge and experience is easily recognized. If a persons goal was to primarily be a custom homebuilder and they only had the funds available to do either option A or option B below, which option would you recommend? A. Build one spec home at a time until you secured custom home clients. Or B. Build a model home (but couldn’t build specs due to lack of available funds) to use to attract custom home clients. Thanks Jason! I absolutely love your videos!
Going back for reference when picking builder, who or how do you ask a bank about a builder? Like a loan officer at the local bank? Are they allow to look up
Don't ask for stupid ceilings. Cathedral ceilings are not cheaper and waste heat. Normal is cheaper. Also, believe it or not, Hickory cabinets are cheaper than Maple and they look way better.
A lender telling you about another client's business practices is a huge red flag for that lender. Unless the builder's business practice has been so bad that the lender has officially declared they won't lend if you're hiring that builder, the lender telling you anything about them is a breach of confidence that the builder would be entitled to sue them for.
I want to know how to save $100K... $400 a square foot is OBSCENE. I'm building in rural Tennessee and even here now is $350 a square. $650K for 2000 square feet in Tennessee is a RIPOFF. Affordable no longer exists. Yet the builder lives in a $3M home. Yup, capitalism...
Learn to be a builder. Even if you're not physically able to do the manual work, you can be the person in charge - design the house, calculate all the quantities, get all the permits and approvals, schedule everything, buy everything, choose and schedule all your trades, the works. You'll understand by the end of it why builders charge so much to build a house, but if you do it right you'll get your house cheaper. The course I'm doing is 12 months part time study for people who have experience in the building industry already, but you'll need to find out what's available in your area.
@tealkerberus748 thats not reasonable for most people. People have work and OTHER goals that require thier time. We ultimately have to fix this economy. Expecting everyone to GC thier own home isn't a reasonable answer.
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As a former builder and Realtor with over 20 years experience in the residential construction industry, I have became a huge fan of Jason Lawrence and the homebuilding content that he produces.
I’ve watched most all of his UA-cam videos and have found nothing that I disagree with. The information that he shares is so valuable and his vast knowledge is evident.
I look forward to each and every video that he posts. I sincerely appreciate how genuine he is and his willingness to share such valuable information that he has learned from his lengthy residential construction and real estate career.
Jeremy thank you so much for that! I can’t believe you took the time to write all that up in a comment, very kind of you! You are a good guy! Thank you so much!
1:38 This video has crucial information, listening to it may save you thousands of dollars!
Jason - Just like all of your videos, this is another great one. Your knowledge and experience is easily recognized.
If a persons goal was to primarily be a custom homebuilder and they only had the funds available to do either option A or option B below, which option would you recommend?
A. Build one spec home at a time until you secured custom home clients.
Or
B. Build a model home (but couldn’t build specs due to lack of available funds) to use to attract custom home clients.
Thanks Jason! I absolutely love your videos!
Thanks Jeremy! I would go with option a
Thank you for the response Jason. I sure appreciate it! God Bless!
Going back for reference when picking builder, who or how do you ask a bank about a builder? Like a loan officer at the local bank? Are they allow to look up
Yes, local loan officers that do construction loans will be able to provide information on local builders.
Don't ask for stupid ceilings. Cathedral ceilings are not cheaper and waste heat. Normal is cheaper. Also, believe it or not, Hickory cabinets are cheaper than Maple and they look way better.
A lender telling you about another client's business practices is a huge red flag for that lender. Unless the builder's business practice has been so bad that the lender has officially declared they won't lend if you're hiring that builder, the lender telling you anything about them is a breach of confidence that the builder would be entitled to sue them for.
I want to know how to save $100K... $400 a square foot is OBSCENE. I'm building in rural Tennessee and even here now is $350 a square. $650K for 2000 square feet in Tennessee is a RIPOFF. Affordable no longer exists. Yet the builder lives in a $3M home. Yup, capitalism...
Learn to be a builder. Even if you're not physically able to do the manual work, you can be the person in charge - design the house, calculate all the quantities, get all the permits and approvals, schedule everything, buy everything, choose and schedule all your trades, the works. You'll understand by the end of it why builders charge so much to build a house, but if you do it right you'll get your house cheaper.
The course I'm doing is 12 months part time study for people who have experience in the building industry already, but you'll need to find out what's available in your area.
@tealkerberus748 thats not reasonable for most people. People have work and OTHER goals that require thier time. We ultimately have to fix this economy. Expecting everyone to GC thier own home isn't a reasonable answer.