I don't look at properties that are designated in a flood zone.

You'll learn from your mistakes and get better results each time.Here are some of the mistakes I made:Mailpiece - A poorly designed mailpiece will greatly reduce your odds of getting a phone call that will lead to a deal.

If you're paying interest on a loan while waiting to get through planning, etc. it can make the difference on a projects profitability.Then there's the design.

Paula Pant & Aaron Mazzrillo's podcasts have been particularly inspiring with talk of lifestyle design.

Two weeks later and I there was little communication other than a couple of screenshots of the ongoing design and excuses as to why it was not progressing.

vinyl plank flooring in a wood design (whichever color you like)

I designed pipelines and pump stations for smaller municipal water and sewer systems.

The good news is that I have a great deal of experience designing and building condominiums and that gives me a lot of reassurance that the project that I have designed is feasible and marketable. 

There are many different things like investing, construction, architecture, design, broker, management, appraiser, etc? 

I would rather design for the worst case scenario even if the return is little less, as far as return is in the area I expect (or more :)).