I use some of the real estate income to finance other investments like buying gold and silver, buy 2 ATM & 3 vending machines, raw land for private park slots & learning how to raise capital for more real estate and a business.

An area that was designated for townhomes is now foreclosed on.The new developer wants to buy the property subject to getting zoning to put in an apartment complex instead of the town houses.Of course the county says we understand WHY the new buyer wants this but we will not deviate from our vision for the county.So the land sits and rots until the cycle will come back to where a buyer will purchase for that use or the county gives in a little to the developer.It's a tug of war with the counties having huge budget short falls they really want the developments to increase the tax base over raw land assessments but can't deviate too much from the land use plans.Before selling distressed investments land development was all I focused on for commercial development.Determining highest and best use and getting it approved for that use is the hard part.Tweaking engineering and 3-d plans for approval is the easy part.You could sell now to an opportunistic land fund for cash or a developer that wants to purchase and hold.There are also land buyers that own many businesses and like owning land as they can eventually sell off for a profit but put no time into it.If you partner with a developer you can get more for your land but also share some of the expense,risk,and time into the deal.If I could benefit more by receiving cash today and investing it elsewhere that is what I would do.Hope it helps...................................

As well, if I take a bunch of raw steel, plastic, and copper that fetches $5k as raw material ... and turn into a car that has utility in the economy and fetches $20k ...

(then they sold it for $154k, then 2008 hit)A week after selling that house I read Rich Dad book which basically said I should not have sold UNLESS I could parlay that money out with sound strategy, which I think I did.I turned around and bought a raw lot in same town for $20k (it was cheap due to setback restrictions for septic and well). we ended up installing tanks that need to be pumped out every 6 months, no big deal.  

The bad loans were just the raw material to feed demand for CDO's and related investments.

Is this on raw land or a rehab?

That puts me on their radar and they send me any listings they get.Second, I bought the raw property database from out county auditor.

In accounting terms You are taking raw material (a house) and adding value through a process to create inventory to sell.  

We built a post similar to below but in raw wood.  

Has anyone here invested in raw farmland in Panama (and/or Central America)?