There are usually reasons why occupations get reputations.

The developer will end up dealing with these peopel anyway so it isn't wasted effort to get in touch with them now and see what they know.

We are working with an investor that is looking for land to develope an equstian resort as well as a golf course and sfr's.

interesting threadI retired 10 years ago from my day job, basically leveraging from my property investmentsIt look me 7 years but it was the fact that I jumped into booming markets that made a massive differenceMix this with some small development projects..... this is like investing on steroids, speeds the processI continue investing today and growing capital. 

As for real estate - I'm still trying to figure them out, but like you, both Trump and Lefrak are cool people to watch on the developing side.

After hearing people talk about how they made millions with RE investing, I just feel that I am missing out.Now, I have developed many contacts over the years with lenders, brokers, developers, lawyers and judges, investors etc.

I have serviced and been a party to over a thousand installment contracts, developed a program to guarantee these deals and have acted as a registered credit's representative in bankruptcy court to secure the interest conveyed under these agreements.

:D Learn your products well and work to develop relationships with people rather than try to"sell" them.Good luck.

What questions would you ask an investor if you wanted to know how serious he was about investing in a development project?

Federal tax credits are issued through HUD to states under their economic development/finance departments, or the state housing and development authority.