I always suspected that to achieve anything of great notoriety in Architecture one needed to have access to wealthy friends or develop projects oneself.

Funny enough, after making a few calls to my network in Scottsdale, plus tapping into a couple of connections I’d developed through some late-night investor meetups, we found a buyer quicker than he could polish off his morning espresso.

Hi all, I wanted to get some comments and thoughts about a proposed deal. I was approached to help buy land that has been zoned for 34 townhomes at $2.7M (would be me and a couple of investors). The land is in a good ...

I assume pros are little maintenance, no cap ex for maybe at least a decade, and possible favorable loan terms from developers. 

The tenant pools are great, as we are the State capital, we have two MAJOR hospitals, government jobs, large developments happening (out-of-state union workers), MSU, Lansing Community College, and so on. 

Will you be developing single family homes or multi family on these lots?

The city is rapidly growing in terms of population and job market with so many major companies choosing to move and develop here like Intel, Google, Amazon, etc.

In my development I am building a few of my clients have had packages stolen and one theif even took the welcome mat :)  but these are normal front yards etc.  

Have you heard of Singh Development Company or dealt with them?

You can connect with the local chamber of commerce and/or planning and development departments to find what is coming to the area that would create some appreciation.