Several weeks ago @Seth Williams had a podcast interview #31 with Brandon and Josh on how to acquire (and what to do with) inexpensive, raw land.

I've run heavy equipment most of my adult life, so I was wondering how much clearing/modifying raw land would add to it's value if at all.

You will hear someone here say that DF only applies to dwellings and not land, but the SAFE Act specifically includes raw land where any dwelling may be built or any residential lot.

I will be looking at rank fixers, houses on post and pier foundations and raw land, none of which can be financed conventionally here.

Some other thoughts:credit cards - cash advance or "purchase checks" from new or existing cards.sell something - car, personal propertyget a second job, perhaps some sort of freelancingvendor financing - without knowing anything about your business, perhaps you can get credit lines from some of the folks who are selling you either your raw materials or your business equipment.

Hey Brooklyn,We are paid a reasonable, pre-disclosed and client authorized consulting fee of 4.5% of the total equity value created in each deal our client buys for the one year of work involved to take a piece of raw land from dirt to a rented commercial income producing property putting monthly rents in our clients pocket in Philadelphia.

At least not anything past the raw data.

Also its the most densely populated county in the state, there are very little opportunities for new development because there isn't raw land.  

This article is a bit raw, but I love it: http://www.cracked.com/blog/the-5-stupidest-habits...

While it's great to know how to calculate values, without access to the raw data, your hands are somewhat tied.