Lastly I developed and launched a new business unit for the publication that generates over $45k per month.I share all this not to gloat, show off or inflate my ego with self importance, but in hopes of your consideration as a peer in the business world.There is no question that anyone with a real estate licence is a business owner whether they work independently or are part of an established firm.

Anyway I came into this business with vision of developing the community.

And, Donald Trump has plenty of properties in locations that were already great before he bought or developed--he has a golf course in Palos Verdes; oceanfront condos in Baja; a casino on the Vegas strip; a hotel on 5th Avenue, condos with Lake Michigan views in downtown Chicago, etc.

Chuck Stone, a developer in MS building high quality affordable housing stock to help rebuild our coastal area.

I am involved with developing what could be one of the top investment opportunities in the country.

In the end, our broker gets a sale, the City of Houston adds another property to its "Demolition Day" quota, and a developer gets away with a steal of a deal.

I am a software developer.

You're essentially just doing conventional financing.

(even in this market)...97-100% LTC for Multifamily developments....Does anybody have any experience with them EVER closing a loan or even knowing of anybody Lending 97% through debt, mezz and equity???

I am told this is an essential part of starting so you know what you need to do year by year and what not.