@Mike Ventura Nice work!

Looking for someone who does quality work at competitive prices and knows how to communicate throughout the entire process (and can work at a nice speed).

This is one of the key components I have learned from developers 30 to 40 years into the business versus my 14 is to assess what it is you are doing, timeline and risk to get to the return you want, and then decide if it makes sense to take on the risk or structure an exit a different way ( or not do the deal at all in any way,shape,or form and move to the next property).  

(We currently don't have the budget to develop it ourselves, but that would be the next step. )Any ideas would be great!

Nice to meet you @Dmitriy Fomichenko and thank you for the welcome and helpful tips!

Not jewelry, Computers, Guns, iPhone's, Dental Services, ….. just shipping and paper services.Now, one half of the building will be empty in about 40 days, so there will be a totally empty 1000 sq. ft. very nice open room / office available.

And it's really, really, REALLY common in new developments.

Before we start the development, we have some digging to do and I was wondering if anyone knows who we should approach about finding if there is natural gas, sand or coquina underground. 

I know I have a lot of equity in my first home, but I am also reluctant to sell knowing that it can continue to increase in value and also the nice income stream.

Save up a down payment, get an FHA loan and buy a cheap duplex, live on one half while you fix up the other half, then rent out the nice half while you fix up your own half, when you have some equity in that property (from your renter paying your mortgage for you), refinance and buy another or buy a flip at that point.