Ironically it's normally the individuals who go to the greatest lengths believing they are protecting themselves who are the most reckless in the way in which they operate their real estate.

But I do not have to wake up and use the most valuable resource in the world - time - to contribute to another individual's or corporation's wealth.

So, you, as an individual, may not get to the same rate that a MASSIVE national builder can...but you can certainly offer credits to the buyers to help buy down the rates. 

Since they can't do each property individually, they use comparable sales to make broad generalizations to determine percent changes.

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. 

Its my understanding that the individuals are responsible for all the legalities, contracts ect to make it safe not to get ripped off. 

Giving away the place cheap only creates more work for yourself screening lower income individuals, and attracts scammers.

., contracts, blueprints, reports, scanned records, etc.) while managing access permissions for teams and individuals.2.

If so, that would remove one major and valid objection to letting unsupervised strangers into houses.In my own business, an applicant can apply for an apartment before touring it.

We recently did a loan involving a borrower with a mind-numbing operating agreement involving nested LLCs, retirement plans, and individuals.