Not sure what you tolerance is for risk vs. reward. 

May your efforts be rewarded!

Personally, not into investing/flipping yet, more gearing towards building things, easier faster and more reward.

You will be tempted, stay on course dealing ethically and legally the rewards are much greater.

Make good decisions on the front end and reap the rewards thought the entire life term.

many development projects are financed with institutional money, and bringing equity partners in a deal is lots more expensive and lots of troubles for nothingIf your project makes sense, are decently capitalized, work with a reputable architect and builder and know how to pitch a project to lenders, you don't need to bring anyone in the deal but the bank and a hml.If no lender is interested in your project then it only means it is not feasable / doesn't have a reasonable risk/reward ratio and you should probably move on 

No profit to show yet, either.OP:   "No steady income, no assets, no credit, no-cosigner, no large cash reserve or experience"Is this because in real life you are so charming, that you've literally been able to get by on your charm?

I guess what I am asking is if anyone has deals with their city or county as some way of rewarding you adding a substantial amount of money into the city's coffers.

Clearly, it demonstrates your ability to initially transform a bad situation and coupled with that you showed your tenacity, decisiveness, ability to execute an action plan and being sequentially rewarded along the way with higher sales prices.

Also I've found pepper spray to work alright and I don't have to go to jail after I pull the trigger on pepper spray....That being said, I've also returned deposits to people that may not deserve it back, but they were nice to me and made my life as easy as they could.....I like to reward that behavior too.