Please do both of us a favor, and write it down on a piece of paper and burn it.

I normally have one piece of advice for people just getting started, do not take on too much risk.  

I found it very unlikely that the government would not want to get their piece of the pie, especially if they had purchased a new primary home.Donyou have a Tax Code or Publication Number you can share so I can study up and understand your thought process more in depth?

.- You will have to come out of pocket for the arears, fees etc, just to get into "contract" some times $20k or more and all you have as protection is the word of someone who's proven to be unreliable and a signed piece of paper... 

Most affordable developers will pay more for a given piece of property but will want to lock it up for two years under a financing contingency so that they can go through two rounds in the event their project doesn’t get awarded on their first round.  

Very, very successful.I sent out beige "invitation" envelopes and "hand written" letters (used a computer with a "hand written font" for months - about 200 a week - lots of calls - bought some properties, over all successful but time consumingThis is over the years, so messages changed with the real estate climate and list.List, message, mailing piece.

Some of the easiest deals my dad did were taking a large piece of land and subdividing it into smaller pieces and then selling them off individually.

As I piece this all together, I can’t help but feel we’re standing at a crossroads.

Regardless, just because these properties are trading doesn't mean they're good investments for your aims, so just focus on the numbers you need and keep on keeping on.One piece of advice is to maybe ease off direct to seller marketing and focus on networking with wholesalers and agents.

There are a lot of charlatans and 'Guru's' out there promoting this and that but the Stech family is the real deal when it comes to Private Lending.