I don't deny that it's tough if you don't have family or contacts of your own, but with enough time and patience, I think it should be possible to develop contacts. 

Now I own a thriving property management business, run a real estate team helping other investors learn how to grow and scale their portfolios, I have my own modest investment portfolio and have two development projects going at the moment.

So they started doing the loans that everyone else turned down, ultra high risk development deals, second mortgages, land loans at ridiculously high LTV, loans where the borrower has none of his own capital invested, 85% of AFTER stabilized value loans.  

As I develop trust and confidence in them, I invest more, and I've come to have a significant portion of my net worth invested with some operators. 

Mixed-Use Developments with Green DesignsEco-conscious development is on the rise.

Purchase price: $2,900,000 Country Glamping and Development LLC acquired 776 acres for a project called Country Glamping on the River, LLC.This is Rawland/Off-Grid/Glamping/STR and Owner Financing for Lot Owners that want an Oasis Get-A-Way and Glamping ROI development on the TN River.you can see the Project: www.CountryGlampingontheRiver.com What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Originally posted by @Kelly Watkins:Residential developers in Wichita pass the cost of the neighborhood utilities (sewers, streets etc..) onto the buyer.

You could put in a range of numbers for purchase price and closing costs, renovation expenses, and expected returns and you could very quickly get a range of projected return on investments (although an excel spreadsheet could easily do this as well), but I'm sure as technology develops we will see even more sophistication in AI's ability to assist in deal analyzing.

Here are a few things that I like about the neighborhoods in Indy compared to other states: high rent-to-home-value ratio, consistent and gradual city development, relatively low property tax and insurance cost, affordable renovation service cost.From my experience, it's possible to find deals that meet 1% rule if you invest in *turn-key* duplex or SFH here, but they are harder to find, and could potentially slow down you from scaling up.

To be owner builder without hiring a gc you will first need to have 3 completed in the last 36 months or can just developer rather than owner/builder  I'm not currently at the phase of transitioning into a home builder, more trying to learn the steps of how to better set myself up for success.