Research led me to a couple of videos of former ND players coming back to build development into the area.

Good luck with the lawsuit - figure out a way to easily get the greater real estate development community involved since it affects everyone. 

While sophistication of your equity partners (private money lenders) will vary between residential and commercial, the principle of raising private capital is the same.You need to develop your own system which allows a constant stream of PML even when you don't need the funds and/or don't have an active deal under contract.For example; I raise private capital by offering free educational workshops for people with self-directed IRAs.

Glad you reposted this questions as many people have said in the past- Follow the train stations- Green and Pink lines are still good for developement.

Developing? 

If you don't have the funds yourself, you need to develop a solid relationship with those that do.

That gets worse as you get farther out of the cityTLDR: values depreciate, inflation has gone basically nowhere in Japan for a long time, the supply of housing is pretty good compared to demand (unlike the US) and that's because of flexibility with rezoning and development, taxes on rental income are high. 

I'm a Realtor and General Contractor with years of experience in Redding, buying, selling and developing properties; and will be happy to answer any questions you have about the market, the area, types of properties, etc.

.- Both Sterling and Bank of Marin offer financing to TIC developers for acquisition and renovation of buildings that will then be converted and sold as tenancy in common.

There aren’t many residential development companies operating at this level, which reduces competition and risk.