Since you are a teacher in my backyard of Los Angeles, you may be able to qualify for the Golden State grant specific for teachers. 

@Arnie Guida Everyone has there own golden rule, but mine is dont buy anything that I cant walk too.

If it's a golden piece of real estate like you said it is and you guys are all motivated, mentally and physically capable, I would keep this golden goose egg all to yourself. 

Trump and Walker breaking ground with golden shovels, talking about 11,000 jobs, its a sure thing, investors going cracy, the same piece of land selling 3 times in a year, more than doubleing in price every time.

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As @Dan McDougall mentioned, it might be worth exploring other locations for your little community like the foothills (golden, evergreen) or some front range mountain towns.  

Take that same concept and apply it to your work, source deals, wholesale to build up cash and once you find those golden nuggets you can take those to get lenders and keep for yourself. 

This is the golden principle for investing.

This location is amazing and you can easily add the square footage to get over 2 million at the sale after the remodel. The home next door just went $300,000 over asking. This is a good example of getting in and out i...

@Michael Baum - agree that its a golden goose... thus the difficulty letting go... however I disagree that its not possible to find another when I've done it in 2 other locations... the last one was a condo I bought in 2021 for 250 and is now worth 650... and rents for 8-10k a month in the winter months... there's always opportunity for more!