I recommend development deals for equity growth (if you can find a safe one).  

It's a rougher area but between Stanley Marketplace and the Fitzsimons campus, so a lot of development going on around those hotspots.

@Alyssa Paros this forum is more for the BRRRR method...you might get some responses here but I think this type of a post would be better in the "Real Estate Development/New Construction" forum. 

This article suggests that plans for the track could create opportunities for private development surrounding the track.

I'm a Civil Engineer & work with developers, the "Will-Serve" letters are important to my clients on my larger projects, so we know if the City will require the developer to pay additional cost if existing City Utilities do not have the adequate capacity. 

Hello all,Location: Houston, TXWe’ve been thinking about purchasing and developing a piece of land to build small 1-2 bedroom single unit homes coming to a total of 5-10 per community, roughly 500-1,000sqft each, out of shipping container or standard, considering cost comes out to almost about the same.

Mainly because I can associate task to contacts easily.

They'll be able to actually drive out and see properties themselves and have likely already developed long term relationships from living there for a number of years.

The alternative is that you sit on the sidelines and wait for the winds to shift in favor of buyers but timing the market can be a difficult task as patience is a virtue that many of us do not have the luxury.

@Jake Engle, if you develop and sell lots they will not be eligible for 1031 exchanges.