If an asset is throwing off a certain yield that is not commiserate with it's risk, then investors will then begin paying more for that asset, thus decreasing it's yield....or start paying less for the asset which would increase it's yield, until it was at the proper risk/return rate to produce the yield that is truly reflective of it's risk.The problem is novice real estate investors get the risk/reward correlation backwards.

I would work backwards to answer your question.  

That way you can work backwards on the land price AND your holding costs while you're designing, permitting, and building the home. 2.

Lofty goal, to be sure, but take it and work backward.

Kitchen cabinet handles were placed upside down, cabinet doors were installed backwards, electrical line for thermostat was ran on the inside of the bedroom exposed, trash swept into newly installs vents from the furnace, cracked tub, wall switches were installed sideways in some rooms, wall outlets were installed upside down on some walls, list goes on.

By working backwards, you are establishing each class schedule based on what is needed to move forward. 

., buy a duplex within 6 months) and work backward from there.

Then work backwards from April 1, to start the eviction.Why?

I think you need to have a 5-10 year goal and then work backwards.

I may have initially done things backwards.