@Kent Ford Yes, Texas is very good for first time home buyers.

Many buyers/investors are using this strategy to invest in real estate.- get into real estate with a lower rate and lesser percentage down payment.

Might be a way to get some cash quicker or maybe get a buyer for the land quicker if you can show them they could pull 1k an acre by having someone come clear cut the parcel after they buy it.The local population seems very limiting too.

many houses in the midwest, for example, are very old and need major rehabs.i personally think out of state investing is more difficult than advertised, and much more difficult in the current investing environment, with: prices high; interest rates high; tremendous demand for inventory, by both investors and retail buyers; and good PMs, contractors, etc. booked up.here's a really thoughtful thread with the experience of another CA investor and lots of different responses:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/12/topics/1215726-break...and here are some threads about how it can very easily go wrong:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1159104-overl...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/963/topics/1195280-expe...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1160450-run-i...https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/1137397-balti...finally, you also said you "don't have a lot of money to start with." 

I’ve been a real estate broker since 2009, working with virtually every type of buyer and seller.

Wells Fargo ultimately turned me down because my specialist was completely clueless in general, and because she failed to accurately relay what I was telling her to her "internal contact" on the phone. 

What I am looking to do is refinance, or pull out equity so I can get back on track with my lender and continue searching for a buyer. 

If all else fails, 😀 ReSure's got extensive resources on all these subjects in our educational platform (which actually includes some plagiarizing from Michael!

You can sidestep most of the headaches if you stick to these five golden rules:- Know Your Market Inside OutTake time to research neighborhoods, property values, and what buyers are looking for.

Quote from @Elliot Rosen: Use a licensed and bonded foundation company and keep the invoices, and disclose it to the buyer.