The developer would place funds into the project also.The development would be taking a raw parcel of ground and developing it into manufactured lots ready for construction.

Im very new but I would scale his motivation from a scale of 1-10, I would say 5.

See manufacturer’s specifications.)7.Location of Fasteners: Corrosion resistant fasteners shall be located per manufacturer’s instructions and not placed in factory applied adhesive.

I live in Chandler, AZ and work for a semiconductor company as a manufacturing supervisor.

Yes, you will have to work harder to find better deals and start on a smaller scale than your cousin simply because you are not working with as much capital up front.

either way, I decided to geto u of manufacturing in general and aeroospace in particular.

I have been doing real estate as a retirement strategy off and on for about 20 years on a very small scale.

Thomas Cooper,Just my opinion, but in our area, multi-family properties provide a better economy of scale vice SFHs.

Even if your unit is amazing quality renters might not want to be there because of the other buildings or other landlords are dropping rent fast rather than updating the buildings.Pro for bigger complexYou can scale the business effectively.You can control the whole look and feel of the development and tenant base and not be as affected by outside forces with your investment.If you by a large enough size you can employ a full time property manager and maintenance person so you can truly be hands off and passive.Cons- Harder to sell - I disagree with this as typically house investors or little duplex etc. is a different buyer base than a larger apartment building.For example I have a large buyer base of multifamily buildings because that is what I focus on.

Hi Paul and welcome to Bigger Pockets.I know the food industry well and have been a restaurant owner in the past so understand all that is involved.I would only buy a restaurant again where the size and scale had an infrastructure in place that does not require an owner operator situation.