And what I am personally seeing the Market place today.Commercial bank/ community bank were you have significant deposit relationship and long term relation ship..   7 to 10% plus 1/2 to 1.5 points.. these are relationship and experience and capacity lenders..

It's good to meet another born and raised Chicagoan in the forums.I've found that the best thing is to stick to what you know, in terms of the areas and the types of projects you work on.

There are some "lenders" out there who "do" incredibly high leverage or 100% financing, but be wary of these as they often try to renegotiate terms before closing/run out of capital/go bankrupt.

Want to live in the matrix where you hear what you want to hear, or do you want to accept the cold harsh truth and have a chance to change your strategies so you actually can become successful?

Short term rentals, multi family, commercial buildings etc. https://www.cardinalinsurancegroup.com/

Long term rental is the easiest investment strategy and just start there.

He either accepts or he doesn't. 

. , and then I'd say in terms of employment, you want a diverse economy.

Shorter term, it will bring in workers to construct and create this new development - Longer term, it will bring in the likes of famous celebrities from around the country (if not world) to live and stay here short to long term. 

Hopefully you have a contract and can follow the terms of the contract. get an attorney, give them notice they are behind schedule and place them in default. you need to terminate them the proper way to make sure they do not come back after you for additional costs.