I'm not an interior designer, nor am I a good assembly guy.

If he decides to pivot and divert his portfolio to the Midwest he will have to do some homework to assemble a good team as part of the proper due diligence process. 

@Trevor Bingham If you do decide to invest outside your market, just take your time and assemble your team.

Congratulations.It's time to assemble your team.You need a good mortgage broker to help you navigate the mortgage waters. 

One more thing, Northrop just won a multi-billion dollar contract for the next gen stealth bomber, and they'll be assembling it in East Palmdale and probably doing the test flights at Edwards AFB, so probably some good jobs coming from that over the next few years.

I was able to assemble and divide 4 residential infill lots in an up and coming area in Charlotte NC. with the current zoning I was able to divide the 4 lots and make 6 lots.

On top of that it must be assembled, permitted and built in very small chunks (compared to the acres and acres in the burbs) which is time consuming. 

ID  where the funding is coming from.I use land trusts- its easy to assemble and modify as well as transfer beneficial interests and percentages

I have a lot of gold bullion that I would like to keep as an investment but since it does not generate any cash flow, I would like to put it to work for me. 

I will assemble a list, find contractors and coordinate it with the PM.