If you had not team in those areas and could not have reasonably developed one, then you missed thing.You say you’ve done well in Chicago.

The Economic Development there is focused on building competitive regional talent, diversifying the regional economy, transforming Montgomery's image and building diverse community capacity.Major economic drivers to the area include Hyundai manufacturing, Maxwell & Gunter Air Force Base, major Amazon distribution, Alabama State Capitol, Alfa Insurance, Kinpak, H2 Pharma, Dollar General transport/logistics, Dow Chemical, and Conner Industries to name a few. 

It has taken the last 6 months of the year to come to terms with an essentially game changing mindset: "Track the input and let the effort determine the outcomes"Initially I wanted reach a goal of $100,000 in a year wholesaling real estate.

BTW, your "criteria" are likely just "rules of thumb" you developed (which is great!)

Changing the strategy can help get in the game. 

Hello Scott, developers require a minimum down payment of 30% and the balance in  to 9 months in a pre construction condo.

Simultaneously, develop a detailed scope of work and collect bids from multiple contractors to compare costs and timelines.

They wouldn't have any skin in the game and could just walk away and leave you high and dry if things go wrong with the property.

How much is typical price to pay someone to develop land?

From my investigation a fair amount of time is spent on developing (private money)