My taxes probably doubled, but I am on five acres now with a home twice as large as opposed to the home on a small lot I used to have in a cookie cutter neighborhood. 

@Jarrod Cook I can give you the address, but I prefer you sign a non disclosure first.

Arrive by 6:45 p.m. for complimentary coffee, cookies and the opportunity to network with other property owners and managers. 

One key advantage I could see in a new neighborhood is simply the free exposure of buyers interested in the new subdivision especially if you can offer better finish or a more appealing design than the competition if it's all fairly cookie-cutter. 

You also need to set the property up for AirBnB so you need to invest in furniture as well as things you may not have considered like pots and pans should the renters want to cook.  I

I am a member there as well and there's a lot of smart cookies there. 

There is no cookie cutter approach.

Since I liked to cook, I always opened it.

Their product is the Seminar - - students get trivial cookie cutter info in return and walk away ASSUMING this is easy stuff - - only to fall into the pit of all the details they did not learn before plunking down the 40k.

It's on a street that's full of cookie cutter duplexes, so it's extremely easy to comp.