One looks at individuals developing entire shopping centers worth millions and it seems inconceivable that personal credit is more important than the equity that they can provide.And if personal credit IS important, how does one deal with it short of fixing it, waiting years, etc.?

If so your 2.2k is not worth his reputation and if he is dishonest he could take your 1k, start the job and probably still take advantage of you.

Wondering if anyone knows of any luxury resort real estate developments between Mexico City, Guadalajara and Leon?

The whole block has 5 of these houses built by the same developer in 1989.

Yes the equity is higher esp on your first loans, but you need to develop that relationship with the lenders to grow anyway.

PM- I worked for the Intrawest Development for 5 years and help build the Village at Snowshoe, bought property in the first building in the Village, developed my own units there, and still own property there.

Dubai’s relative autonomy will come to an abrupt end.†The emirate’s push into luxury property developments and tourist attractions was diversification on “paper sand,†said Davidson, a professor of Middle Eastern affairs at Durham University in the U.K. ‘Nasty Downturn’ Real-estate prices may drop 20 percent or more, analysts at EFG-Hermes Holding SAE, the biggest publicly traded investment bank in Egypt, said in a report this week.

My long-term goal is to own a diverse portfolio that provides me the freedom to choose the type and level of activity, and to engage in a variety of investing and developing opportunities.

I invested in undeveloped land and I did smal land pre developments for owners builders in area of vacation homes in Southern CA mountains.

I'm involved in all facets of real estate, from residential, land and commercial brokerage, to real estate land development, new home construction, the occasional renovation and enjoy real estate investing of all sorts, primarily buy and hold large land tracts.