Find the REIA group for your areaAs Henry noted, post something specific for your area and tag your market.Get on Loopnet for your area and property type, reach out to the brokers that are listing deals and offer to take to coffee (they are often invested in deals too but you could ask for connections to other operators that might be getting started).And, again as Henry noted, each person you meet, ask them what other networking events they have attended that you can put on your list.

I've had a long career in community development and have a lot of bank contacts that would likely be interested in investing, but I'd need to prove the concept first with an initial fund (there are also a lot of other community development tools that could be leveraged to maximize and scale this).

Is it best to approach an architect or a land developer for what I am proposing?

Didn't get into rentals on pupose but it's working out well and I want to continue to learn and develop my portfoilo.

Because there are nuances to seller financing, a lot of space would need to be devoted to covering the subject to make sense, and that requires sitting down to a cup of coffee for a long discussion.

Purchase price: $515,000 Cash invested: $960,000 Sale price: $1,850,000 New Construction development, What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

We started using a coffee maker with a built-in timer. 

Lets grab coffee next week and brainstorm! 

I would prefer prefer neighborhoods that are showing signs of population growth and economic development but open to recommendations.Would love to hear from anyone with experience in the Cleveland market or similar!

very high risk even I only do them with very specific investors in mind and a plan. we dont flip land we develop every one.