In most of Raleigh city limits specifically, the lack of room to build new construction developments has stirred the folks in zoning.

Many people get bored after a week or two and won't want to stay longer as there are hardly any cities and not much happening and there's so much jungle you can look at in a day (it's a great place for quiet retirees).

You need a siteplan that you can present to the city.

I dove into real estate as a college student, working in New York City as a real estate agent during the summers.

In cities desperate for revival (Rochester and Binghamton are high on that list), this is the wrong move. 

for infill I concentrated on Charleston Sc and built about 35 homes in that market. uber competitive for dirt though they are running out of it and the city wont let you tear down homes in many cases because of historic considerations.

Call your city and see if that's large enough, I think you need more like 10-12 ft width and 15 - 20 ft length.

Population and economic growth, strong tourism, proximity to other New England cities.

In the interest of connecting with agents here, my interested markets are:Bloomington-Normal, ILCrescent City, CAColombus, GALouisville, KYSavannah, GA Peoria, ILMilwaukee, WI

That's because the city won't calculate the actual amount till a structure is built, aka it's not just a plot of land anymore.This will obvious cause your property tax bill to go up and also your mortgage escrow account as well (sometimes these things can make your mortgage shoot up a few hundred a month).