During development our contractor put a lot of dirt to level the lot.

I started off buying rentals, and then moved to other strategies like land development, spec building, note buying, wholesaling and rehabbing.I currenlty do rehab flips which is the large majority of my income.

I mostly purchase REO properties to flip, and a large majority of them come from contacts I have developed so I get them before the competition knows about them, that is my game.

Once you reach a certain point, you realize you can't do everything yourself so bring on a team or develop a system to put things on autopilot for you.

These are rather extremes.Eventually blocks like these will be torn down by the City's decree so that a private developer can build something of value.

Contact a reputable short sales agent and see if they will give you a cut or have them negotiate it and wholesale it.

Not sure it would be a popular enough topic, but construction/development would interest me.Or maybe, single family vs multifamily, commercial.

But for the average homeowner, a lease option is really just a way to gain possession of a house while working on purchasing it.Lease/options have a bad reputation because some investors use them to, frankly, cheat people out of the option money.

If I could find a private investor to loan at a low cost I would do it, I just haven't developed those kinds of relationships yet.I could get money to put roughly 40% down but I'm not sure if that would help.

You are relatively close to your investments and have developed a great relationship with your contractor.