An example of these guys might be a private investor funding new home construction loans, these loan may be originated in portfolio and sold off to a variety of mortgage buyers, smaller banks might be involved in buying loans but these arrangements may be heavily anchored in the business relationship of the investor(s) and/or the builder.

Then buy railings with mounting feet, drill holes in concrete with masonry bit and secure with concrete anchor bolts.

The local govt is out of control in Detroit and acting like an anchor on any possible recovery.

It may cause an owner to follow foreclosure laws and may allow homestead exemption benefits from an equity position but it doesn't mean you can go get a building permit for example.Much of this is anchored in understanding RE basics, you can't really understand transactions without understanding what the transaction does, need to understand the effects on title, rights in or to title, how rights are conveyed, the benefits and liabilities that go with those rights.

Call it $1500 to get it out of there, and that could go up easily if it's hard to get them off their lots or if the dump fee is higher.To put in a new one: $3000 to $5000 to block/anchor/level.

What if you built a car port anchored to 4x4 posts cemented into the ground to cover up next to and infront of your garage?

The growth (or decline) of an anchoring metropolitan area leads growth (or decline) of neighboring or bedroom communities.

If the location is marginal - let it pass, else you may have a huge burden (boat anchor) on your hands.

They want me to find them more non listed properties with good numbers, solid anchor tenants, and so on....

Trent no offense but you are talking about a pipe dream.So you have zero experience yet want a huge payout.I have worked for developers assembling land.My biggest project was on about 25 acres with a 600,000 sq ft mixed-use retail project with an after build value of 150 million dollars.Money is tight right now and unless you have an awesome piece of land most developers are doing repositions where they can reface a shopping center and make new again.This cost much less money than building from scratch.New development has a bunch large down requirements as construction projects are required in phases for lending.What I have seen happen is they bought a piece of land as a group.Leveled it with the first phase of money and then starting putting in pipes and concrete and the second round of funding fell through.They could line up more funding but it is much more expensive then what they had before and the percentages would affect to much the partners that have already put in money.So in those types of situations the partners would much rather wait for the lending environment to get better to get reasonable terms for the next round of funding to finish the project plus rent rates will have most likely improved by the time it is built instead of right now and concessions will be down.Holding costs while waiting is a concern but is balanced against other factors.The anchor for a big project like that will wait a few years if the location is that good.If it is a sub par corner the anchor will cancel their commitment and move to a better location instead of waiting for that one to be built.If you like development go work for a firm with experience and put in your time learning the ropes.To think about this other stuff is a waste of time.