With regard to obtaining a loan, if you have never done one, the bank will look at your net worth and the team you have assembled to determine the level of risk associated with doing a new development. 

If so are these teams you have assembled yourself or you found through others who have invested in the same market?

A lot of us got burned badly during that time so it would be great to assemble something concise and specific that has stories and advice from investors that survived (or thrived), in spite of the crash, that we can use as actionable steps to fortify our current business plans.Right now I'm only doing flip projects because it limits my risk.

Just when I was going to wire funds to him to buy some foreign bonds and gold bullion.

You have to look at what amount of money you make for the time involved.For example if you make 1,000,000 dollars over ten years then that is 100,000 return a year but the 100k in year 5 will not be worth as much as year 10 etc.You can also have small successes and then a certain phase falls out.I worked on a development deal for about over 3 years assembling 25 acres for an after build value on a mixed use project for 150 million dollars.

But I did notice she barely reviewed the piles of receipts I had assembled using NEAT but used the front sheets reports NEAT generates to summarize all the expenses.Mileage was a big deal, if it was specific to a property she allowed it but well documented mileage to do other business was in most cases denied but it wasn't worth arguing about.It was an exhausting three days but I leaned a lot.

The bottom line is that there's a lot going on in my world and getting information assembled is a task that takes time, especially since it takes days for people to respond to simple questions.Please be patient with me . . .

They assemble and report on cap rates and irr expectations across all asset types in major markets across the United States.

I have taken the time to do my due diligence, follow my criteria relentlessly, set up legal entities to help protect my personal assets, and assembled a team of trustworthy professionals.

I believe the house was on piers and set on the foundation while the hosue was built, prefabed exterior walls, assembled almost like a mobile home that is finished in less than a day.