I liked the flexibility it provided me and their material was very easy to digest with videos and study guides.

The big builders are battling lawsuits everyday by lawyers who form class actions declaring multiple defects, in my opinion don't join one of these, but make sure the builder knows you will do as you need to get any issue resolved.Worth doing IMO, but do remember if it is a tract home, they were thrown up pretty quickly, and may not be to the same standard as a custom builder.Andrew

However, we think we can convince them on the smaller tract that they will render it unusable and they should pay us for the entire 4 acres.

My partner has several houses and tracts of land that he inherited several years ago...

By the time you read and digest those resources you should at least have the necessary vocabulary and foundation for a coach to work with.  

Not necessarily big tracts just 1-2 acre or less subdivided pieces that I can carry on a note.

“Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested.”

I'll try and break it down in a digestible manner. 

Low maintenance, high returns, and you are buying large tracts of land.

I am talking about digesting the 20% down + (lender fees + closing costs).