There are several comparable buildings in the area (almost like a developer came through in the early 70s and built all of them to the same footprint).

I'm working with a local (and very established) realtor to help me develop my plan, but I think there's an opportunity to tilt his recommendation to his benefit.

I have a great interest in developing.

Now those relationships are based on a numbers game, but developing those relationships with your investor buyers is essential to understand what numbers you need to be playing with.

I self-manage all of them using our system (there are other software platforms as well) and a network of maintenance professionals.I take an annual trip to all property sites or on extreme exception, e.g. hurricane in 2004 put a tree through the roof of a SFH so i flew down for that.

They should apply every standard of evaluating real estate in UAE; like location, price, potential return on investment and most importantly property developer track records.

Who comes up with the mixed use development projects?

A developer bought the apartment complex 3 years ago and began renovating and selling as condos.

Also, how did you develope your list of buyers?

Oil and natural gas are biggies here--but we've also been blessed by major downtown development: a new NBA franchise, a convention/restaurant/entertainment hub around our new Riverwalk, a new and expanding Dell facilitiy, Tinker Air Force Base, etc.