Real Estate Development
by Craig Grella
| November 12, 2009
To recap Residential Land Development Part 3 we discussed researching zoning, designing your home, and financing the property.
In this article we will discuss construction and marketing, the final two stages in any development project. These are the action steps in the development process. They’re also two segments that involve the least research, because if you’ve [...]
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Real Estate Investing
by Craig Grella
| October 23, 2009
To recap Residential Land Development Part 2, we discussed the importance of performing an economic feasibility study with cost estimating to determine a max price land offer and whether or not there is enough profit in your potential deal to warrant spending more time on it, or actually developing the land.
Assuming you’ve done that initial research and arrived at the conclusion your numbers look good, you’re ready to go back and do it all over again. This time you’re going to be more exact with your numbers. To do that, you’ll really need to hone in on the potential design of your house, and to do that you need to research what’s possible on your lot. You do that by learning all you can about the zoning codes in your city. These are the third and fourth steps in the residential land development process.
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Feng Shui Maniac
by Bea Chenowitz | November 29, 2006When I discuss with friends about buying real estate in Manhattan, and specifically about why my husband and I have not been able to find anything for years, I always blame him (out of his earshot, of course). He happens to be one of those people who want a perfect home, and we all [...]