My area (sw austin) will finally have someone to represent us in city council.

Obviously I need to be informed on the value of the land, and get an Idea of how much its worth to the other party, maybe I need to seek council, a developer, a real estate attorney, a commercial broker with experience in such matters?

Like I said, this won't change my mind or my goals & he will see through our actions, that this is not willy nilly and I have strategized, planned and have seek council to make this successful!

Our intentions are essentially to build 60-70 units with the ground floor area that faces the street to be utilized for retail shops.Has anyone had to deal with family in such a way that might be able to recommend a method to convince the certain family member that spending 3-5 years battling for council approval will be more profitable than 3-5 years of fighting a dying business?

Hello @Ree Council and welcome to Bigger Pockets!

In that case I would defer to legal council.

One of my friends is in the same kind of situation as you and is a British citizen, we have looked at properties in UK but we are very fearful of the property taxes . . . do you have any idea how much the property (Council) taxes are?

Anyone with experience in dealing with the Elkhart City? My property manager said to me that my house in Elkhart cannot be rented out until the Elkhart City has completed their inspection of the 'inside'. I have rec...

get it on the city council's agenda, letters to the other property owners, and a rubber-stamp from the city.

You MUST have good legal council.