But I think you may be asking, should you do the rezoning, or leave it to the ultimate developer. 

Increase supply (or at least encourage development), and the prices will eventually come down (as we've seen in other large cities like Austin where the demand boom was followed by a supply boom - and now both sale prices and rents have gone down). 

I mean Joe Montana is a very successful Developer same with Steve Young.. and Ronnie Lott has done well in RE also.but I bought a big mansion that was 3/4 done from an NBA star and he was not business savvy at all.. and on top of that had about 7 or 8 baby moma's all with child support judgements against him ..

My suggestion would be to look at turn-key rental property options in a developing area with low entry costs.

In a previous life, I developed midstream energy assets. 

You need to develop yourself before you can help others develop into what they want to become. 

But keep on thinking and evaluating, as there are niches out there where someone can develop a profitable business over time.Good luck  

My wife became a realtor in March & I recently jumped on as the business development manager of a long-term property management company.

On its resident fees page, it states that the Jerome Village Community Development Authority can charge up to 2% income charge. 

As a developer and land consultant, to have that kind of information at the forefront is incredibly valuable.Hopefully that helps.