Don't discount that.Real estate remains a valuable investment despite current challenges due to its tangible nature, long-term appreciation, and potential for consistent rental income.

But one of the most valuable lessons I’ve learned in my journey is that relationships are often the most critical part of success.

But will make the property more valuable.  

Do they want the transactional expert or would a relationship be more valuable to them?  

I'm not a lawyer or anything, this is just coming from what I've learned on here, there are many valuable old threads about this topic on here like this one:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/83/topics/86029-subject....and this one:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/311/topics/183825-due-o..How is it working our for you in practice?

@Michael Baum @Grant Woodward @John Underwood @Bruce Woodruff @Terry Ouimet   @Andrew Street @Patricia Andriolo-Bull @Andrew Steffens @Jake Baker Appreciate all the valuable input from your experience!  

This is a great community where people share lots of valuable information.

At a minimum, having viable plans in place for development will make these lots more marketable and valuable to potential builders when we have conversations. 

Very valuable information.

This is a very valuable skillset to have in your arsenal as an investor that can dramatically increase your net worth in a short period of time if the strategy is applied correctly.