Those who do know what “enough” is will find their journeys much faster because they levered the accumulation years.

The more overall REI you own will allow appreciation across all homes to build equity faster than in say just one home. 

However, this probably wouldn’t have worked because with super high franchise fees the perception of potential franchisees would have been that the fee structure was too uncompetitive, and the result would have been that McDonalds would have had slower growth, and their competitors faster growth.Two other positive results of the McDonalds real estate strategy was (1) franchisees are more locked in since McDonalds is also their landlord (2) McDonalds was able to bypass legislation aimed at franchisors being able sell product at high prices to franchisees and (3) McDonalds benefits from the long term appreciation of real estate prices and inflation.

We loose almost all of the site line if my neighbor decides to put up a sign, plant shrubs, let their tree overgrow, etc. and this is in the riskier direction from our stand point.Our argument was that we have 400' in the direction that has a flat straight away (theoretically faster traveling traffic) and have 3xx' in a direction that the traffic is traveling up hill with a shorter stopping distance and time, most traffic will be coming off of an Interstate off ramp which in theory they would be well under the speed limit when as they approach our property.To answer your question: I am undecided if I will do more development projects.

The next ones will be much faster after youve learned.

If you do their problems will become your problems a little faster than you would like.

Cold calling gets you talking to sellers much faster but there will be a lot of rejection (like 99%), its part of the game.

I prefer to stay in mostly owner occupied areas because it yields a higher quality resident that's more consistent over time and the homes typically appreciate at a faster pace. 

You will still be much lower than  new build.And faster too, and as we all know  - 'time is money'....

You have the experience and team in the market, it sounds like you just need a $$ partner. yes you would give up some of the equity but it would help you scale faster if that's your goal.