But with people having fewer children these days, especially in developed countries, sometimes below the replacement rate and increasing issues in fertility, etc. possibly due to environmental contamination, etc...

This city’s been on fire with job growth, tons of development (Intel, Amazon, Google, etc.), and still has strong rent demand with price points that allow for solid cash flow and appreciation.If some of your properties need work, there’s definitely opportunity to add value through light rehabs or strategic upgrades, especially if they’re in B or C+ neighborhoods.

Has anyone been successful buying land and developing these RECENTLY?

Their pro-forma's are often crap and few materialize like they say.If you have a 50 million multifamily when you get upside and sell for 80 million eventually you better time the debt cycle and asset class cycle just right or you will get your as$ kicked hard which is what is happening to lots of syndicators that do not have decades of investing experience.A property should stand on it's own without debt and still make sense.

I’m here to learn from those ahead of me, ask thoughtful questions, and eventually give back to this incredible community as I grow.Looking forward to connecting with you all!

To benefit  in todays stock market is not to participate in the research and development of a company producing new products and services which will produce units of happiness for society, there is no innovation, it is not skillful arbitrage, today if you want to benefit in the stock market you participate in financial trickery, or pay into a well connected financial trickster called mutual funds! 

Ignite handled the foreclosure of the Property, kept me informed of the legal proceedings, and I eventually got my money back with interest.

To answer your questions: I got started by working on distressed and off-market deals, which gave me capital and insight to eventually hold rentals.If you’re newer and want something more hands-off, turnkey can be a smoother entry.

I’m here to learn, connect, and eventually take the leap into investing myself.

.🛠️ They take abandoned homes and turn them into safe places for families🌱 They bring life back to neighborhoods that others wrote off 📚 They create spaces for small businesses, nonprofits, and neighborhood services.They’re not just chasing cap rates—they’re using their development skills to give back, one property at a time.As a former Director of Lending at a CDFI, I exclusively financed the acquisition and rehab of 2-4 MF and small apartment buildings that overlooked by local banks and credit unions.Nearly all my clients had 1 of 3 things in common (many had all 3) that motivated them to complete their redevelopment project, they either:1️⃣Grew up in the area,2️⃣Still attend church nearby, and/or3️⃣Have a family member that still lives in the neighborhoodAnd here’s the thing:↩️These impact-minded investors still make a solid return, often with Equity Multiples over 3.0x.