Generally, a membership interest is an investment contract if members invest and expect to make a profit from the efforts of others.

Connect with local real estate professionals and consider upgrading to a BiggerPockets Pro Membership for more insights.Good luck!

Yes, I understand that they sent a different engineer to survey the property the second time.

Membership is cheap, networking is great, and sometimes the support resources are surprising.

Look for a small/mid size local bank that specializes in this, they will detail what you need, survey, building permit, architectural plans and a builder contracted for starters.Or when you're ready to subdivide/redevelop you just sell to a builder and have them split the lots and transfer title to you for your smaller lot, he keeps the others and let him mess with the utilities and building. 

In Florida, you have to be a licensed RE broker to manage property for property owners, which adds thousands of dollars a year just to stay licensed: state required license fees, CE, insurance, Realtor dues, listing memberships, public-access office, etc.Additionally, property owners expect much more from PM's than in past years.

Is this a way to force people to subscribe to a pro membership?

A Pro membership gives you the tools and resources you need to start, scale or manage your portfolio.

Since all the pricing includes a 1 year membership,I was hoping someone might be able to tell me what the cost would be for self guided camps for pro members.thanks in advance

Your pro membership gives you access to those right here on BP