In a nutshell, IL (where I live) too expensive of a market, but WI, MI, OH etc seems like you’d get more bang for your buck. also,  you can look at a City’s  consolidation plan and what their plans are for development to get a good forecasting of housing booms.

You must begin developing a group of individuals, you know like and trust, to partner with.

Most residential brokerages fail to focus on investors or investment strategies, it is the individual agents that develop the niche. 

I believe in Houston I would learn about the neighborhoods where fourplexes cash flow well first Southwest, North Houston and places close to developing job centers are some examples.

He bought land and developed shopping centers on that land.

Owner financing is the main strategy in order to develop an income stream that repeats month after month 

Higher density = higher land value.Even before building, the land itself becomes more valuable once it has additional development rights.2.

The VAST majority of investors just want honesty and fiduciary responsibility from the sponsor, and want to be informed of any relevant developments good or bad in a timely matter.  

I’ve got around $180K in equity based on recent sales in the same development, and I’m now looking to put that to work and expand into more properties.I spent over a decade as an automotive technician before recently transitioning into the tech industry.

I will go with the above statements I'm sure are data based and my view is not.