I use things like government public record sites and find my own deals.

., as an investment sponsor in this operating space I obviously have some opinions, I'll try to frame an answer with as little bias as possible

I'm very new to RE in general so basically looking for guidance on metrics to analyze such growth deals.Leo - I know the local market and I stick with public listed property development companies.Joshua - Thanks for the welcome!

I am even working on a transaction where we may build a public park on the land and hold it waiting for the neighborhood to improve.

Doubt that flies for very long, I'd say go public too.

Has great space inside but needs work and has good size front yard.

Putting aside the benefits of fund-raising in a 501c3, and the public good of the project, what's your personal financial goal in this?

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Hate to cut out new agents that might be very good, but the quick and dirty is;Look at the public side of the local MLS at similar properties, count the listings the agents have, usually the agent with the most is popular for a reason.

I just posted a excerpt BP blog post from publication 598 yesterday that talks about these topics exactly.