Use tools like the VA loan for house hacking and your Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH) to cover living costs while building equity.

I was thinking that by giving a single builder rights to build on the land, I would get 1% of each contract price, something along those lines.

I’m trying to diversify some and build my Retirement Accounts with some stocks.

As more top REITS enter the space the investor will be able to build a diversified portfolio of REITS and not worry that any one REIT will turn into a dog.

The recent leaps in pre-fab builds is the spear head of things.

You have to have confidence and the Sponsor needs to build a relationship with you if he wants to be sure you have some insights into the risks of the types of deals you would be funding. 

If the property has solid appreciation potential or you're building equity while learning the ropes, it could still be a good deal.

You can expect that you will be required to build roads, sidewalks, storm water control, utility taps, street lights, street trees as well as recreation fees as part of the development process. 

The idea is to convert a multi-family building into condos; but not in the traditional sense where you separate pre-existing apartments into their own condos; but in a way where you combine the common areas of all of the apartments in that whole building, and turn the individual rooms within those apartments into condos themselves; thus transforming the hallways, kitchens, bathrooms, living rooms, dining rooms, porches, balconies into common areas of the condos. 

The #1 determinant is the Tenant Pool.If you don't believe us, try putting several Class D tenants in Class A apartment buildings and watch what happens.