I've read that the payout ratio on title insurance is ludicrously low - would it be cheaper to simply self-insure and do the raw research myself (go to the county courthouse and verify good title)?

But those units could be sold off as raw condos with nothing done to them at $200k per door.

Here's a few typical scenarios, #1- I control a few lots and some have a teardown and others are just raw land.

And sadly, the disappointing end-of-the-story is that raw emotions killed the deal - the disgruntled partner, not the villified banks.

I'm assuming buying raw land, splitting it up, and building a few homes on it is the way to go.Flipping is appealing as well but it seems like everyone and his brother is trying to do it right now.

I live in the northeast and if you are a cash buyer, you can buy rental properties for less than the cost of the raw materials used to build them.

I know I'm not alone, so I'm going to ask:Since there are so many opportunities out there (foreclosures, probate deals, raw land, etc), I'm wondering "where could I start?"

Rather than the convention of hunting for a deal out there, creating the deal for myself with the purchase of raw land and build multiple duplexes on the land.

Using that logic, when anyone buys anything, they are paying for the raw materials, the cost of goods sold, the overhead of the manufacturer and the retailer, etc.

Raw Land2.