Things take much longer to develop than people think.Typically when you see big apartment buildings go up it is a 3 to 5 year process.It might only be a few years from the time the public hears about it but before that years of legwork went into getting to that point.I couldn't say if right now was the right time to build.Everything is project specific.If the city will let you use a class C finish rather than a class A the numbers will save you money.Just to give a for instance some cities will demand a traffic light be put in for some projects.The traffic light parts itself are not that expensive but with the fiber optic hookup and underground cabling you are talking hundreds of thousands just for that one item.Typically on larger projects it's a fight for the developer to make profit.They propose a certain density and drawing.The county or city then wants to reduce the density and add in all these road improvements and lights at the cost of the developer.All the costs have to work for both parties to get a deal done.I have seen some projects take 2 years to get approved from submitting after going back and forth with revisions and tabling until the next meeting.So half the battle is the cost and financing available when you break ground and the other is the political junk.How much total land would you be getting??

I have been getting calls but none are interested and view me as a scamThe next thing I will do is because I am a waiter I will be PUTTING business cards in all my tables checks.

No hype, no get rich quick schemes, no BS, just the plain honest truth that if you build your empire by working slowly and carefully, you will eventually find yourself atop a nice mountain of wealth.The other book I finished recently that I really enjoyed was David Schumacher's Buy & Hold Real Estate Strategy: How To Secure Profits in Any Real Estate Market (John Wiley & Sons, New York, May 1992, March 1993 & March 1994 with Dr.

California sure is a dreamy place with it's great weather, abundance of sunshine, gorgeous beaches, mountains etc.

Next I make picture frames from 2x4's and a table saw. 

An extra car that I like but can sell and live without and two other properties, one that is underwater too that they probably wouldn't take because they would lose money taking it but one a small mountain cabin that is free and clear that we would hate to lose.

. :)As a heads up this may be of some help to those out there looking for those elusive deals.For several years now I have had the word out that if a place fails to close @ the table I want to know.

You don't have to learn how to play poker by going to the high stakes table immediately.

We own a home that we rent out while we live in a travel trailer in the mountains [ we have serious health issues and this works out well for us]We rent out our home.

Every week, each person is responsible to bring 5 new leads to the table.