I recently cooled off a member that has around 20 moderator notes on his account, all for the same violation, but they were spread out enough that other moderators decided to let him keep going.What if you created a simple three-strikes rule?

But if you want to keep things simple and lower risk, self-funding could be a solid option.

It's not as simple as the RE gurus preach on social media. 

Create a simple spreadsheet or written list to compare the features of each and identify the ones that align with your requirements.

When developing, I'd first talk with the city building/zoning about what they want to see more of and where, and try a simple project that should be smooth sailing on plan approvals, saving you time and money. 

You can usually find some events by doing a simple google search.

I'd agree with John's simple take here.

Although instead of knowing about roofs and rehab.. land folks need to know about:Zoningwhere is the power  is there internethow deep are the wells or is its an area that water is super toughDoes it perc. and or how expensive are septic systems.Wetlands Etc.Now if you target land with all city services then its just dead simple.. figure out the retail value and buy below it and do your flip..

I was shocked as I thought it would be very simple (which it is), but some syndicators will use funny math such as not counting fees, placing expenses on a quarterly or yearly basis when using IRR (backloading to end of year). 

When I was active, the O-4 Good Idea Fairies always tried to re-invent how we did business, and 95% of the time, they overcomplicated a simple process making our lives way harder.