Real estate is also becoming a very popular investment strategy.

The city will also require you to have a certain width along the street for your zone. 

Seems any knuckle head can walk down the street in the Midwest and buy a ghetto house anytime they want.  

one has a street light I must pay as well. 

A street in my city will be rezoned for commercial use and a major commercial builder has let me know their group is interested in the lots on that block.

At the end of the day though I have a family, and I am not exactly going to sell off our current home and put us on the street because I really want to pay back the bank.

There is a house on the market on the same street that just listed for $159K.  

3) Term-how long is the money going to be on the street for?

Hit the streets, meet as many people as you can, find mentors, make phone calls, out work the person to your left and right.

Selling price on one similar piece of land I found just down the street (but not across from the airstrip) is $50k per Realtor.com - it seems like a loss, even if they demanded a premium on being across from the airstrip.