Quote from @Daniel Park: **Updated Links*Quote from @Daniel Park: There is alot of Real Estate Investing Education Platforms Out There and I'm Pretty Sure they All Provide Great Information however the Value and the Complimentary Lifetime Access to Current Updated Information on Real Estate Investing and the Investor Community Support is Spot On.

I’m starting to dabble in real estate investing and a local agent told me this is a great spot to network and learn.

What I don’t understand is how to overlay all of that information to pick a good spot and I also don’t understand the appropriate thresholds for each of those indices (income, percentage in the target age group, and how dense).

My objective is to buy about an acre of land, that is already leveled, access is being done, and utilities are going to be 5 feet from the property; and then build 3-4 shell retail spots on my plot, owner occupy one of them with a business and lease out the others.I am meeting with a developer this weekend, but have some wrong numbers regarding the average cost of building a shell space. 

Also, are they closing on the spot or just prospecting?

I'm sitting in Omaha these days, but I’ve got a soft spot for these strategies because I’ve seen clients pivot from holding tight to their equity, to making bold moves that expanded their portfolios in ways they never imagined.

Currently I am living frugal and building my 2 businesses to be in a good spot to start getting deals in 2025.

Everything you were saying is spot on, and it's a little scary that even years later people were still sticking their heads in the sand and deciding that a HELOC acceleration can work.

Sometimes that might mean we'd accept a new easement or ROW that was better for the homeowner and still ok for us, as long as we didn't incur survey or recording costs and the homeowner would be responsible for overage, or if the water line work cost $100k on the existing spot and $150k in an alternate spot the homeowner would be responsible for the $50k overage.

Connecting with local realtors who specialize in investment properties is a great move — they can help you spot opportunities before they hit the market.