One thing that stood out to me is that there are a lot of I's and me's in the body of your letter.

The plumber would not enter until the police and fire dept cleared the unit (for dead bodies or whatever).

You can certainly have subsidiaries and pay actual expenses, a good example is an auto dealership where the body shop or the mechanics' shop is separate from the sales company, all cars taken in on trade run through the shop for repairs and are billed to the sales dept.

Try getting in touch with those investors and building relationships with them, even though some might view you as potential "competition," the good ones will see you as a potential partner and fellow community builder.

Asking about REI in a REI forum is like asking what's your thoughts on working out at a body fitness forum.There are too many naysayers out there especially the one that are close to you.It's obvious your father-in-law isn't educated in the field.

I know I need questions and answers from zoning, utilities, builders but my question is..........Is there a formula that most builders use per acre as far as how many units can fit?

Also watch for land owned by builders is good targets they could be thinking about listing it again with plans to be built.

I read that f hud has a program $100 down on certain home purchases.strictly owner occupied.any body have experience with this and or heard of it.

I don't have all the details, but I believe the builder of the subdivision went bankrupt during the mortgage fiasco, so prices have been extremely deflated.

Bid was 240k it came in at 280k The builder under bid the house and got cancer in the middle of the build.