Sounds like an easy way to lose your seed capital and your reputation to boot. 

The sand alone for each system was over 10k , Tanks were 4k, Pump was 1k, engineer cost was 1900 to draw the plan up and get county approval, another 1250 for inspections and as built plan after completion, Still have to add stone, piping, cost to do all the excavation work, cost to get rid of the old tank, seed the ground upon completion. 

Buy 10 of these buildings and you will make $333,333 per year.Again, the funny thing is that these properties can break even in cash flow and never appreciate and you can still make a lot of money on just Mortgage reduction.I think these kinds of strategies are generally overlooked because there are a vast amount more Investors that need cash flow NOW than there are Investors like me that could wait.Another reason why I think that expanding your Career to get more seed money is a great and very safe Strategy.I know there is a lot of others that believe investors should get out of their day jobs to be full time RE Investors.

The current thinking is that she would provide $40,000 in seed money used for down payment on a construction loan.  

I used my original $108K as a seed money to buy the rental income properties. 

My brother and I will be inheriting a condo in Massachusetts and interested in getting thoughts on whether to keep it and rent it out or sell it and use the proceeds as seed money for potentially better cashflow investments. 

I have a little seed money to work with, I have some experience in home rehabbing, and I have recently gotten my real estate license.

We decided to invest in that first weekend seminar, and while I wouldn't do it again, I'm glad we made that investment because it did give me a basic knowledge of real estate investing, planted the seed for us, and kind of made me feel like, "Okay, now we've invested in it, so we have to make sure we do something with it."

I feel like I've been burning through my seed capital budget but having a tough time keeping track of every expense to manage things better.

Find a good partner for flips to earn seed money for your rentals.