I'm sure that many of the speakers will have different opinions depending on their area of expertise too

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

Their business model is interesting and has a couple different exits strategies when getting a property under contract.

Does anyone know, or have a good idea, about the difference in returns on entitling & developing the land for each scenario, with final objective to sell to a builder to build and sell the structures him/herself.  

Think there is some substantial validity in this, but do you think it could potentially be utilized in a different fashion?

They tell you you’re asking too much rent (you lower rent, avoid vacancy and make more money) ,your marketing is bad (they take new pictures, advertise in different places, change wording, whatever, and get a tenant saving vacancy.)  

I’m slowly learning how to identify soil types but like you said….we can’t afford to be wrong right now  jurisdictions are different all over the US.. many still just use perk tests  others do the soil samples so you just have to deal with your current area and regulations.

In Maryland and DC, requirements differ quite a bit from California. 

would love to help in anyway i can. go to networking events in your area. you can find them on many different apps. best of luck on your journey, keep learning then take action

I know MLS listings aren't guaranteed accurate, but getting the acreage, city and zip code wrong is hard to swallow as an honest mistake.We have a financing contingency, so if it doesn't appraise for the contract amount due to the lower acreage and different city/zip, we can renegotiate purchase price.