Naturally my eyes have been on Noda, Midwood etc and I have been watching the Meck County zoning board rezone building left and right for other developers.  

Hello, My partner and I are looking very closely at purchasing a house in a pretty nice neighborhood, at  great price. 

It's safe and it looks really nice with a white trim.

I currently have a rental there and am developing/selling a couple lots with my dad.

However i am ope to be taught any strategy that will help me develop my investing to be my vehicle to time and money freedom! 

@Brandon Beverly - It was nice when I met with the gentleman who is now my buyers agent that I don't have to sign the BAA.

Figure out what you have into the property for total cost and than run a highest and best use analysis.This should tell you whether to rehab what is there or tear it down and build something new with the same asset class or a totally different asset class ( commercial, etc.).Additionally once you find out the highest and best use then look at the TIME required to develop that use and receive income from it or sell off.Some people will get the fire department to do a "controlled burn" on the property and use it as a fire exercise.

@Amit Patel,Welcome to the Best Real Estate Site on the Net.It is always nice to see another Ct., resident in the forums.Click on the "Education Tab" at the top of the page, and you could be spending many hours on the Information that is available.Raymond

, I read newspapers etc - I live here, and I understand trends a lot betterI can (and I will) read articles on real estate in the US, and what areas in the country are going to develop and so on, but do you really think that I can take smart decisions relying these articles?

" 17.6 million dollar purchase of a distressed asset in 2009 " ~ Nice Where is the duplex located ?