These tract homes, or more or less customs? 

So much depends on type of development (tract vs infill) and price point.Raw land could be under 5% on  a suburban tract development, and well north of 30% for Atlanta's top neighborhoods on infill deal.

They went out of town for 2 weeks and it was heaven, this place was totally liveable, I would have had party but my cat died, probably from stress induced by one of their screaming battles, but actually from a urinary tract blockage that would have cost over a thousand to correct (which is known to be caused by stress) anyway.

@Bruce Scannell you are on the right tract.

get your RE license work on a team or for a top producer then figure out what part of re you want to play in... just trying to start out with no money and no experience is a fast tract to failure .. remember 90% or better of folks on BP or anywhere else  will never do one deal.

Think about all those tract-homes that developers build... most likely no actual architect was involved in the project.

I would look at all types of construction types (luxury,tract, Townes, ect).

These are the light oak, probably mass produced 15 or so years ago, installed in the tract homes in my subdivision, and probably thousands of others.

But once you venture outside a subdivision, all bets are off if you go simply by distance.For example, we live in a tract of homes that run along the west side of a creek and spans about 1 mile in length.

Buy a timber tract with your Roth  use it for fun on the weekends let that timber grow and harvest it in 50 years.. you still own the land and you can replant and give to your kids or grandkids.. diversify.