My name is Ashby Cappelmann and I'm currently in the education/financial preparation phase of my real estate investment career.

We are ready to get our feet back on the ground, running, but don't have our whole lives ahead of us like many of you.  

I am 19 so I am looking to truly get this off of the ground and do it full time.

I might suggest you partner with a GC on this one to add to your experience bucket. ground up construction is a different animal than fix and flip

Many of these buildings are found in towns with no economies, and tend to be a dumping ground for much larger gentrified cities (ie: NYC). 

Sock that away to buy the next place that much quicker.Btw, the areas you listed are my old stomping grounds.

It seems like you have hit the ground hard from your past posts.

Although, there are of course some important differences to consider when valuing raw land vs. a redevelopment property.When redeveloping a property, there is often less risk involved in the pre-construction phase than the risks involved in a typical raw land development (ie. entitlement risk and timeline, servicing costs and timeline, water/sewer allocation availability, geotechnical aspects of the land, uncertainty as to the number of professional reports required, etc).

Since most of the seller finance deals I read about on the forum tend to involve "Ma and Pa" sellers, does that extra work for them tend to scare them away before the deal even gets off the ground?

Sometimes that means I wouldn't go as high end, or if there's a need for a smaller house, or in this case, I saw a lot of projects coming out of the ground right around 3,600 ft-4,200 ft.