We excel under current market conditions – the same ones that have many people panicking, as several of the major players in the real estate fund space are reporting losses, forced sales, foreclosures, and SEC investigations.

The SEC, Homeland Security who are investigating, 3 lawsuits with many more to come and by the way, you know who also disagrees with you?

Here are some good place to start:http://www.biggerpockets.com/meet- find and connect with other BP members that are in your area.http://www.biggerpockets.com/alerts - Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you.And, of course thehttp://www.biggerpockets.com/forums - ask any question about real estate!

🛡️Our responsibility as operators is to investigate, to poke holes, and to present only the best deals to our investors.We filter every opportunity that enters our pipeline, from the big picture down to the small details.📌 First, we filter by market:- Growing Population?

Turn on keyword alerts on Biggerpockets for Orlando, find people located here, connect with them and ask if they know any events/meetups in the area.After that, I always encourage people to work backwards.

For $250 minimums, and only $9mm of GAV, probably not really too much concern.If their platform starts growing exponentially, I would be concerned about their focus to make sure you investments continue performing when they are likely to be very distracted by SEC investigators.  

I would recommend investigating the root of the problem first.

If you read my previous post, I emphasized the importance of showing up for the right keywords.

One of the biggest mistakes an investor can make when deciding to take the plunge and start spending money on Google Ads is targeting the WRONG keywords.It’s true that one way to use keyword targeting is through “broad” keyword types, which are usually less expensive and can capture various keywords you might not have considered in advance.

A few of those cautions include the investigation of existing encumbrances on the ground (zoning requirements, existing or proposed easements and assessments, encroachments, etc.), existing site conditions (high ground water, site topography, existing soil types and soil environmental concerns, etc.), the location, depth, and capacity of utilities to service the site - including public utilities (sanitary, storm and water services), franchised utilities (power, gas, cable), capacity of the local streets to accommodate additional traffic from your development...Be sure to find out if there are any specific local ordinances you need to satisfy (possible tree & wetland surveys, together with any necessary tree & landscape or wetland mitigation plans) and whether there are any concerns from municipal departments (e.g. hydrant locations from the fire department, storm inlet and retention requirements, as well as asphalt / concrete road requirements from the engineer), entrance requirements from the road commission (left turn and passing lanes at the site entrance), etc.Once you get past all this you can finally prepare a preliminary site plan and enter the political arena to get preliminary site plan approval, and to address any concessions the board and neighbors want from you to overcome their objections to your development.