Mark Spivey, my tax bill does not indicate what part of the assessed value is land and what is improvements, but the assessor does have it split out in their records.

I’m a former Long Islander as well.

Anyone ever thought about developing private islands?

Then communicate the success with all the details available for review if investors want to check.You are building a 'portfolio' of projects and a consistent way of presenting them so that people can get their head around why they should invest with you.Each possible deal becomes a marketing tool to attract investors.

My friend started a company that specifically improves or builds websites in order to get consistent top 10 ranking.

I'm lucky that the house I'm buying needs work but is in a decent area and has a stable, consistently paying Section 8 tenant who wants to stay.

As long as we stay focus and consistent we will grow.

@Aquila PhillipsGo to local REI meetups in your area, be there consistently and make sure you have some business cards.Talk to a bunch of people, and eventually you will figure out who's active and not.

For our personal home (which would probably be a SFH on Long Island), we'll likely be spending somewhere around $450k-$550k, and property taxes range from about $6,000-$12,000 a year.  

You'd have to have King Midas luck to get any sort of consistent cash flow out of North City.