In short, my membership fee bootstrapped me such that I have more than doubling my net-worth. 

@Anade DavisHi Anade, You’re on the right track with reaching out to your survey and engineering company—they often have strong connections to local contractors.

Minimizing CostsHolding a real estate license comes with ongoing costs, such as licensing fees, MLS access, and association memberships.

ALTA survey, utility survey, etc.$100k per building, I'd say not usually. 

If you can find a place where the HOA or COA is flexible and you are able to convince the membership to go into development and perhaps convert the property into a co-op you could build a new apartment complex with commercial rental spaces on the ground floor and residential spaces on the top. 

"What Is The Biggest Risk For 2025" And 13 Other Highlights From DB's 2025 Market Survey"The Deutche Bank 2025 global financial market survey had 471 responses from around the world, and was conducted between the 10th and 13th of December 2024.

-Sent Deposit to builder February 2022. (13.5k) -Surveys, Site Plan, Septic Design approval initiated: February 2022-Completed Survey/Design Package completed and sent to city of Cape Coral: June 2022-As of August 2022, Permits are still under review by city. 

My membership with BP has saved me many times over!

They have a NEW TITLE AGET KIT FOR BEGINNERS accredited instruction here: (and association membership for those in the industry) https://www.alta.org/career-and-learning/webinars-and-traini...

I came across a firm (KBKG) that offers a $400 DIY cost study (paying for a membership).