I currently have one unit in rural Hardin County (a trailer which has actually done great cash flow over the years), about a dozen raw land lots in West Point, Radcliff, Elizabethtown and rural Hardin County and am closing on an 8 unit (two four unit's side by side) in Radcliff. 

Does anyone know a rough ballpark on the soft costs of upgrading raw land to a point where you can start the vertical build (permitting, other entitlements, grading, utility connections, water and sewer, etc)?  

Hello everyone, I am wondering if I were to buy raw land and place a manufactured home with a foundation would it add any value if so could I do cash out refinance?

As an example, here is a chart of SFR sales volume by month over the past 5 years in Austin:Here's the raw data for the above chart:Let me know what else you'd like to see.

Conventional "wisdom", myself included, states that NY is too expensive AND you can't make money from raw land. 

I am drawn to purchasing raw land and building fresh!

You can learn a lot from other experienced builders here to take that raw land to a valued improvement

Hello thank you James, and Rafael I appreciate the reply I'm in the same situation unfortunately Wednesday are a hard day for me to take off from my business or i would attend a few, I can pull out a Wednesday on the day of the sale but probably won't have much of a chance to be able to do it twice in a raw, Rafael I do have the upset price as I contacted the law firm handling the case and it's $ 388 K including attorney fees etc. the original loan was for about $ 340 something K and homeowners defaulted about 7 years after so I'm assuming the balance is probably in the upper 200 K I was just trying to get an idea as to what the bank opening bid might be, I know all banks are different but I've heard of some going in as low as 70% or 80% of the outstanding balance etc. any opinion?

Hello there...I have over 600acres in southern west virginia that is 15 mintues from a commerical airport a 4-star resort a top 10 small town in america award and adjoins a national forest. It has roads throughout the...

If you want no rental headaches, you might consider raw land or a second home.