I do realize you have the added challenge of caring for your disabled Mother.One avenue I would utilize to accomplish both your real estate goals and finding employment is attending as many networking events as time and money (they are not all free) allow.

Even though we don't know the full situation of events that led to the tenant wanting to withdraw their offer when they knew it would take 30 days to get approved.

A financial planner?

In the event that your closing costs are $1,500, how can you increase your loan to $98,500 to cover costs?

Sam - if you join meetup.com and checkout the BWI group, you might want to go to their Monday Mixer event as it's basically a big happy hour with other investors. 

Especially the MEMflips mtg (on the MIG events page).

My opinion: do the least amount of physical work possible (leave that to others with that expertise), hire good land planner/architect/civil engineer team and you do the design/land planning (find out what lot size is best from builder/brokers), get the subdivision map approved (that's the document approved by local city/municipality that approves the single lot be divided into many smaller lots), sell the land+map to builder.

These however tend to be cross pollinated with companies in different industries.The El Camp project I noted above and my concept is to be industry specific so we may have social events that networking events that can be mutually beneficial among the group.thanks for the feedback!

I am looking for a referral for a CPA/Tax Planner in the Wheaton, IL area. 

Our next event is March 29th @ 6:30 Emmets Brewery downtown Downers.