I’m a small builder based in Elkhart, Indiana. I found a property in South Bend with an existing foundation that an engineer has already approved. It also has a one car garage, and the utilities have been verified. I’m trying to buy the survey and engineer’s report from the previous buyer, who dr...
Builders and wholesalers pricing Houston infill: the tax on a spec home is set by one date, not by when you close. 1) Texas appraises property at market value as of January 1 (Tax Code 23.01). Whatever stands on the lot that morning is what gets valued for the whole year. A home finished in late ...
I'm a broker and investor in Rochester, NY, and I'm in the very early stages of exploring a new-construction idea. I'd love input from anyone who has built, financed, or invested in something similar. The concept: - A small community (roughly 12–30 homes) of 800–1,600 sq ft homes built on Frost-P...
If you build entry-level homes inside the City of Houston, check this before you price the lot. 1) The city's water and wastewater impact fees are $4,383.35 per service unit since July 1, 2026. A new single-family home can be exempt. 2) The exemption covers a home up to 3,000 sq ft and one servic...
Builders and wholesalers pricing Houston teardowns: check the 500-year floodplain before you check comps. Since September 1, 2018, the City of Houston's Chapter 19 rules require new homes in the 500-year floodplain, not just the 100-year, to be built 2 feet above the 500-year flood elevation. Fro...
Townhome and infill builders: if you're putting more units on a Houston lot, get the city's water and wastewater impact fees into your numbers before you make the offer. 1) Since July 1, 2026 the City of Houston charges $1,830.24 per service unit for wastewater and $2,553.11 per service unit for ...
Annexation is the most pricing relevant municipal event we work around in the Treasure Valley. A parcel in unincorporated county land next to a city limit trades at a very different basis than the same parcel after annexation. In Kuna, the public process typically runs 12 to 24 months from petiti...
Hey everyone, i have land and plans for a 12plex in South-West FL. Considering if I should proceed with construction at this market or should i just sale the land. On one hand, contruction costs are high, insrance&intretst&property taxes are high and increasing and vacanicies are relatively high....
Anyone interested in the practical side of residential subdivision development? I've spent 36 years in residential land development, including more than 25 years managing subdivision development for national homebuilders. Over that time, I've been involved in delivering thousands of finished resi...
Looking for input from commercial and land investors on a site a friend of mine owns in Richmond's East End. The basics: • ±1.96 acres across two adjoining parcels • 0.46 AC zoned C-3 and 1.5 AC zoned R-3 • Frontage(~24K cars/day), secondary access (~25K cars/day) • Next door to Walgreens, across...
Hi! BP Pros! Im in the middle of a new build in our backyard. It's a detached SFR and we are planning for an SB-9 lot split in the long term. We currently live in the front house and have a 3.25% 30 year fixed on it that we'd like to keep although we plan to move to this larger new construction a...
I build new construction duplexes and quadplexes that get sold to buy & hold investors, so I sit on the other side of this conversation a lot. A new build can be a great hold, but "new" isn't the same as "well built," and the warranty is only as good as the company standing behind it. Here's what...
I build new construction duplexes and quads in Indianapolis, so I'm on the other side of this conversation a lot. These are the questions I think every buyer should ask, whoever the builder is. Was it designed as a rental? Two full baths, flooring that can take a beating. A house built for an own...
If you build townhomes or small-lot homes in Houston, the lot math is the deal. 1) Houston cut its single-family minimum lot size from 5,000 sq ft to as low as 1,400 sq ft in the city center in 1998, then expanded the smaller lots citywide in 2013 (Bipartisan Policy Center summary of the reform)....
Every day, more than 150,000 people drive over the largest building in Kentucky and have no idea they did it. It's under the Watterson Expressway and about 70% of the Louisville Zoo, 75 to 100 feet down. Four million square feet, around 100 acres, seventeen miles of roads, and it stays 58 degrees...
Hi, all so as a new spec home builder I am looking to do my first build soon, as someone who has done this multiple times what are common mistakes that has occurred in beginners and if I were to go over budget for example or made a another mistake any ways to fix it what are the consequences in t...
For the people here buying vacant land sight-unseen: what do you actually check before the wire goes out? Not the whole list of things you know you should check. The one or two records you bother to pull every time, and in which county. I ask because I spend most of my working days in county reco...
Hello guys im currently building homes and my build costs is efficient any recommendations or maybe someone here who knows how to raise capital? im starting out but I am looking for people who have done this type of work or are looking to invest into a growing company located in south tx! And als...
I've seen a few threads this week from people planning their first spec build, so here's what's actually on the checklist when a ground-up loan gets underwritten. Most of it you can line up before you even buy the lot. Your track record, in your own name. This is the big one. Lenders want to see ...
Tampa/Hillsborough builders — what are you actually building investor-grade CMU homes for in 2026? I’m a transplant to the Tampa Bay area, so I’m still getting calibrated to what things really cost here. I’ve spent a long time in construction, but I keep hearing wildly different numbers from peop...
I own a ±0.61-acre / 26,533 SF C-2 Tourist Commercial site in Pigeon Forge, TN, just off the Parkway in an established hotel, condo and vacation-rental area. We've had preliminary site plans prepared for two development concepts, and I'd appreciate input from developers familiar with Pigeon Forge...
At the back of my neighborhood popped up a listing for land (really unusual here in the suburbs of DC). It looks to be an outlot (which from my understanding tends to be an unbuildable lot but could serve a purpose like potential roadway expansion, stormwater, etc). Interesting thing is that it's...
Rochester City Council just approved the transfer of $20 million in state funding toward demolition of the long-vacant Terrence Building on Elmwood Avenue. The proposed redevelopment covers roughly 27.5 acres and could ultimately bring more than 500 affordable and market-rate housing units, along...
I’m working on getting a burned rental property demolished. The contractor that I was thinking about going with asked me to submit the demo permit. No other contractor has asked me to do that Is this typical? What am I missing here?
Hi everyone—I’m based in Western North Carolina and have spent about 20 years in construction. I own rental properties and am exploring land flipping as another way to build income. I’ve been learning about The Land Geek approach and would appreciate connecting with someone who has firsthand expe...