My open house tours are really more about being able to accurately price the ARV of a home when running my calculations, and knowing what kinds of upgrades are necessary.Sounds like you might need to go grassroots style until you get some deals.

Every market's local and there are some areas of the country that will do well but there are a lot of housing cesspools out there (Las Vegas, Phoenix, Tucson, Orlando come to mind).Don't get me wrong; I think that there are some areas of the country that are great opportunities to buy and rent out residential real estate.

Full portfolio: 2490 units valued at nearly $321M.Sub-portfolios:city / # of units Atlanta, GA 572Chicago, IL 99Florida-Central and Northeast 190Florida-Southeast 418Florida-West Coast 167Las Vegas, NV 219Los Angeles / Riverside, CA 484Phoenix, AZ 341Property types / # of units:Single Family 1,743Condo 527Manufactured Housing 7Co-op 1Duplex 118Triplex 364-Plex 58I'd be curious if anyone on this board can play in this particular offering.

How can I work with a developer that can help me work wtih a carefully selected team of developers, branders, and graphic artists to develop a vegas like mini-model and support through the next three phases of selling it?

Michael,I looked into this in Las Vegas and another city too.

How about Vegas or Kauai for next year?

That tiling style is becoming more scarce and coming back into vogue around here - in the infancy stages.

In Las Vegas, unlicensed hard money lenders and brokers are facing fines in excess of $10K for not being licensed.

Niche is Frank Lloyd Wright Prairie and Usonian style designs.My oldest (18 today) was in 4th grade and said "Dad, I can design like Frank Lloyd Wright designed rugs.

There are companies that make a pretty good living doing that in Las Vegas