It forced me to separate myself from working in the business but instead work on the business, development systems, leverage, teams, network etc.. this made me building and process slowly to have my systems, leverage and team in place and do all necessary details work prior to buying a distressed property.

There will be a better time to buy long term than now in CLT but it is a good place to flip if you can find the deals.Yeah, there certainly seems to be tons of new developments and MF complexes all over.

I had this recently where we thought it was a "paper street," but researched with the city and found out that the city didn't own it, old owners who sold land to developers actually maintained ownership of that whole strip between 2 rows of homes, but most homes there just fenced it as part of their own backyard. 

With all of the new development going on in Boston, I don't know of any reason to think that downturn is coming soon.If you're going to buy or invest in Boston, in my opinion, sooner is better.

.), and developing a list of specific needs, which are based on your needs to fulfill each of the prerequisites (mini goals).  

@Darius Kellar summed it up pretty good, but they are just incentive areas for development

Non-conventional money is best borrowed thru relationships.There are a ton of legitimate lenders out there and he safest way to develop a relationship is face-to-face.

Develop a strategy that is scalable and keep in mind that your interests and needs now may be different 10 years from now.

When you develop a relationship and get those guys you can count on their estimates.  

To all you land developers out there, are you able to finance soft costs (civil engineering and architecture)?