Big government projects like airports can take years longer than anticipated.It is not uncommon to see investors who think they have gotten in early and picked up a huge deal run out of money as the development they were counting on near their property takes way longer to happen then they thought.The DRI process alone can take years and it only takes a small group of citizens or an environmental group to bog this down even longer.I'd pursue option contracts with clear language to extend the option for many years in situations like this.

With each verdict announced Wednesday in the mortgage fraud trial of Phillip Hill, the real estate developer stared stoically — the charismatic persona that prosecutors say helped fleece at least $41 million out of investors nowhere in evidence.A jury concluded after eight days of deliberations that there was sufficient evidence to convict Hill of all but 19 counts against him in the grandest mortgage fraud case ever tried in the U.S.

Make sure you check first if they will count tenant rent as income because some require you to have been a landlord or owner for 2 years.

@Darren Sager Yes definitely count me in.

I guess that counts as another marketing technique that I use.

We flip and wholesale as well, but those are considered bonuses and can't be counted on.

This is not counting cashflow. 

Count me in....

I cannot count how many times I have found myself in the same predicament in the past wanting to "make something nice".

Bravo for caring when it counts.