Quote from @Devin James: In one of our development projects, the City staff asked us to remove 40 units from our concept plan.This wasn’t requested by the City Commission at a formal hearing, it was the opinion of the staff.Our original concept already proposed fewer units than the current zoning would have allowed.Here’s what erasing 40 units means:- 40 fewer homes for buyers- Over $1M in lost profit for our team- Fewer tax dollars and impact fees that could’ve benefited the City’s infrastructure & servicesWe gotta get betterEveryone wants more affordable housing, but not everyone wants to do what it takes to achieve it we never listen to the recommending bodies. we move for city approvals and work closely. the other thing we do is keep going back to the same groups over and over and over and over every month on the same agenda and make very small reductions like 2% or 4% and that reduces and beats them down eventually they accept what you want. it's just before beating a dead horse. we keep tabling until they give us something we all agree on then we go to vote. in our city in columbus we have to get recommendations but that's our strategy. we used to come out as aggressive as possible. we typically study developments in the area and keep it very similar in terms of density. we have a track record of very controversial projects and litigation and not taking no as an answer. after a year of that haha I can tell you it's not worth it. now we are more relationship based and buying the right kinds of plots of land. if the numbers don't work on the front end don't do the development. 

Hi Kyle - we have two development projects currently in DC.

This creates a major opportunity for property owners to develop and sell, adding new inventory to the market.

Quote from @Samuel Diouf: I think you can invest out-of-state quite passively without using one of these companies as long as you develop a solid core-4. 

the real money is in talking to groups to see if it can be taken out of the flood plain and if there is other homes that have. we purchased a piece of land for 8k and got it out of the flood plain and it was worth close to 40k. land entitlement is one of the highest money making activities. check with the local zoning office or national firms a lot will take a look for no cost and if you can get sewer and water and developable by raising it out of the flood plain you are good for some $$ we did this in newark ohio with a single family home plot that we ended up building on and had to raise the land up 6'. it's a suburb of columbus ohio

Lead-Safe (in Philadelphia) is defined as a unit being identified to have positive lead-paint components within the unit; however, if the wipe samples come back below the legal limit, the unit is determined safe for their occupants.

Quote from @Shema Cochrane: Hey everyone,This year, I’m shifting my focus more toward land development and moving away from smaller infill lots.

It gives my CPA several options when developing my tax filing strategy for each year depending on the current tax law environment.4.

After visiting the property, we realized we indirectly knew the sellers—a husband and wife who had originally planned to build there.The husband put significant work into the land, saving money by doing the development himself.

Does anyone know of any acquisitions agents for solar farm developers?