I want to be a real estate developer

[Kevin Alexander]

Hi everyone,

I'll get straight to the point. I've worked a number of jobs over the years (all kinds of manual labor, listing agent), but have always been interested in real estate development. Why? Without going into too much detail I enjoy wearing many hats and interacting with so many different people. I like coming up with an idea for either barren land or dissipated property and turning it into something extraordinary. My main concern is how do I even get started? Obviously I will need to arrange financing from investors, rough plans from engineers, architects, etc, but I don't even know where to begin. Also, I don't really care much about money, but I need enough to survive. How is that supposed to work out? As you can see, I have no idea what I'm doing, but I want to learn. Any books I should read to get started? Should I try to start out working under a contractor to learn the ends and outs? Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!