Estimates are great, but I will often do multiple estimates of the same thing to stress-test the deal.

I was relieved when I sold my properties there.

Invest the rest.Now you've got income, a primary residence situation that's crazy advantageous, a piece of rental real estate you can cut your teeth on, minimal or no personal debt, and some active working equity investments. 

Be very polite, plead ignorance and stress your desire to make everything legal.

Directly investing in real property investments, whether property, notes, tax liens, or leases requires a THOROUGH understanding of all LEGAL aspects concerning real estate law in general and the investment in particular.It’s IMPOSSIBLE for someone who hasn’t accumulated either a legal education in real estate law or 20 years active experience to have the knowledge and understanding of legal aspects sufficient to reduce legal risk to an acceptable level when investing directly in tax liens, notes or real property.  

Knowing the area would see increased demand for housing, I actively scouted for opportunities.

They activate on sound/motion and will record a small VISUAL snippet of what is going on, but they DO NOT record sound2.  

If you have an LLC, ownership percentages are recorded and thus difficult and/or costly to change if an active partner is earning equity through actions.To give some personal experience, Lending and banking can be difficult at best, impossible at worst with a Land Trust.  

In Reno, NV we have an economic development authority that actively recruits companies from CA (Tesla) and tracks job and demographic data.  

You bring the skills; they bring the funds—win-win.Private Money Lending: Find people (friends, family, colleagues) interested in real estate but not actively involved.