Meanwhile, in the 4 years in limbo massive redevelopment was occurring in the area, and we were offered an amount equal to our investment plus a reasonable profit by a developer.   

Before myself and a few other builder developers jumped in.. it was hard to sell anything in those blocks of town..

Quote from @Galant Ant: Permit delays in NY can derail timelines and budgets for developers and flippers.

Obviously the course designers have huge success in RE, but I am more interested in the course they developed and what I should expect to get out of it. 

Quote from @Galant Ant: Permit delays in NY can derail timelines and budgets for developers and flippers.

Land  Development and vertical construction are hands down the toughest loans to get..

I am putting together a pitch book for an $8M ground up self storage development.

In my experience strictly med buildings are generally developed in the same way as part of a campus or off the path a bit from the main retail corridor, so it really is only suited for that use. 

They want to share our names and numbers with these developers.

The fact that 8 acres were developed and 200 were left as farm is a clue there is some issue.Another first step would be to determine the possible economics of the development.