Best advice I can give until you fill in one of the blanks. 

I can hardly believe an accountant would say such a thing unless there are pieces of the story that aren't in the post. 

The difference between now and the 1980’s are vast…but the PR piece alone should be telling.

The end goal is to have a piece of land with multiple houses: one for my growing family but also a home for my mother in law.My mother in law has agreed to foot the money on a new property/land up front and when ready we can buy land from her to build/develop etc. 

Listening to Jerryll's video filled in more blanks for me in terms of marketing.

Appreciation on the other hand is the biggest piece of the real estate pie.

You can only tell a piece of the potential of a deal by looking at spreadsheets.

Or, you'll get so well known that other investors will want to fund your deals.Below is a piece we wrote about how to build your network and search for deals.

It's almost like writing a "blank cheque" to someone on the street.

Just make sure all pieces are accounted for regularly.