Been really digging deep into the Rich Dad series and has really given me great insight into how to start building my own business in real estate investing.  

We ended up letting him go and losing $5,000 in the mix...What followed was a 6 month miserable attempt in identifying an engineer that could draft up plans for a wall that didn't require a 10 ft. footer (b/c doing a footer required digging up our neighbor's property) and a contractor that could execute.

They're still out there, you just have to dig deeper. 

WE generally are just building in freshly minted and plated lots so not to much of an issue there.I am building on the Oregon coast right now on sloped lots we have to dig out foundation then have geo inspect well of the 3 we started one did have  some issues with soils so we have to reconfigure the house on the lot ( pull it back 5 feet from the top of slope) or we needed to dig out footing 8 feet into the ground.. well easier to move it.. we have to redo a bit of the dig out but not a monumental issue.

I've been buying in Richmond and Oakland, but I've been meaning to dig into Pittsburg and Antioch more..

If they'll insure the title, I'll generally take it.Its probably cross collateralized if its two lots and one loan, but you wont know until you dig in some. 

I did some digging and the property is zoned for a single.

@Doug Pretorius @Derek CarrollI'm digging up an old thread here... how'd this challenge pan out?!

Your will be very surprised to learn how once you get to digging how one thing will lead you to the next and to the next and ultimately to your final goal.  

I'm under the impression that unlisted properties is where it's at and you have to dig a lot to find anything worthwhile.