I'm a RE professional actively managing all properties and working on further developments. 

It explains the team that you should develop to have a strong foundation under you while investing remotely.https://www.biggerpockets.com/blog/core-four-real-estate-team

None of them are going to make you break even - reconcile yourself to that right now - but you can be close to the action and in a nice development.

You need to develop your rules and policies around late payments; and you have to be able to calmly deal with adverse situations.  

I’m looking to start BRRRRing once I develop my portfolio and get some skin in the game.

Berkeley is among the first cities to claim that it wants to allow housing developers to use this new provision in state law. 

It sounds like Waukegan, as a city, has big development plans for the next 10 years.

My uncle was a developer/sold real estate in Detroit for 50 years.

I am not an expert of the area (I focus on Miami and Broward County), but I have been monitoring since 2021 because some friends bought there multiple properties and lands.Two years ago, because of post pandemic, many developers (including Lennar & the other usual building in FL) started building a lot, prices went up up up and since last year, market stalled and now they are coming down again. 

Land development has always interested me.