I plan on making a move to Southern California in a few years, however, I am looking to invest with developers building high-end spec homes beforehand.I have been fascinated seeing beautiful speculative-built homes across the LA and OC areas and I plan on getting involved by the end of 2024.My plan is to invest passively in such developments while observing until I can develop such properties myself.Any advice, input, recommendations, or referrals would be much appreciated.I look forward to your responses.

I would say that land development and the real estate development business are very different from your normal business environments.A few observations, when you plan out the site, plan the whole thing out.

And, interestingly, you now observe cross-overs between the two areas, as more and more Europeans go to and buy property in Mexico alongside the ever growing number of Americans and Canadians while more and more Americans and Canadians buy in Spain/Portugal alongside an increasing number of Northern Europeans as well.Mexico might be the best option for North Americans and Spain/Portugal for Europeans for obvious reasons but especially if there's a lifestyle component involved as well.Don't forget though that these are generalizations as there's no one size fits all so it'll depend on your goals, the location, the type of property,...Importantly, unlike in Asia, the standard property title is freehold and foreign buyers have the same rights as their local counterparts so no discrimination there.

And bail on stuff.I’ve definitely observed this over the last few years.

As Duke Ellington observed in one of his songs; "Romance without finance, ain't got a chance."

Not impossible, but difficult to landlord from afar.My first observation is that you are measuring town homes.

Hi, I am a finance graduate who is really interested in observing market trends.

I say this not as criticism but as an observation; people don't get that much value out of the training they do take.

I've been doing some research on a condo community near Disney to assess whether it would make a good investment property, so I've been compiling data on the type of condo I'd like to buy and recording their average d...

I won't be making lots of decisions but will be observing the process.What kind of references should I request from this person?