Notice the steam shovel in the distance.

WE are interested in your land.. we will close in 5 to 10 days for cash.. etc etc.Were we make our dough is much like rehabbing and selling homes retail.Many folks who are looking for an estate setting or country setting.. can't envision things. .and they may need to do a finance package for a construction loan.. they don't want to risk EM  risk perc and well.. they want to know it shovel ready.. this is were we make the value.. we put the roads in we perc it we drill the well  we survey  we do a REsidential harvest of timber.. etc etc so that when the buyer comes out they see a property that looks FABULOUS not a rough hillside all over grown..

I have a regular sewer guy, electrician, roofer, etc that I call as needed.At my larger buildings I have live-in caretakers who, in exchange for free rent, handle all of the service calls, mow the lawns, clean the hallways/grounds, and shovel the walks.

Good for a baseline.2) Create a pro-forma analysisRents (less 5% vacancy)Expenses (taxes, insurance, repair costs, 5% management fee, snow shoveling, pest expenses, anticipated annual legal fees (evictions etc))For commercial loan rates you are between 5.5% and 7.5%.

Unfortunately, the market is hot right now, so everyone with a pickup truck and a shovel is calling themselves a contractor. 

Cut the neighbors lawns and shovel snow for cash.Join the National Guard and save the income.Be an Uber driver.Be a COVID food shopper at the local grocery store for home delivery or pickup.Get a temp job.Be a Bartender as a second job.just my 2 cents.

My brother (Ft Worth, TX) and I (Gulf Breeze, FL) are looking to go in on an STR property together in the near future.

And bonus, no freezing pipes or shovelling snow!

We do leave shovels and salt on the property, but I specifically try to avoid asking them to shovel.

A shovel and a wheelbarrow doesnt cut it .