Been laying the ground work.

Setting goals is extremely important as it establishes your priorities, and it is much easier to make the quick decisions necessary to get great deals in real estate if you have already done all the groundwork, set the priorities, know exactly what you are looking for and at what price point.  

If I were to advertise my vacant land, I would do that ground work for them (but its time consuming) Call the utilities and ask how much each one costs to connect, then get estimates to put a gravel road/ asphalt road/ cement road.  

@Nick Horob IRS Rev proc 2002 - 22 lays the groundwork for acceptable structure for a "Tennants In Common" syndication.  

If you're moving quickly filling vacant pads there is a lot of ground work on permits and coordinating set up.

Feel free to bring up any and all concerns you deal within your business and any ideas or suggestions you have when it comes to the tax and legal side of things.When I first got into real estate I kind of skipped over a lot of the ground work of structuring my company for the best tax advantages and legal protections.

This again keeps you in the deal no matter what.By forming that entity in a professional operating agreement drawn up by your attorney that will lay a good ground work for your deals..

Im curious to find out what other REI's set as their parameters when starting out for property/deal requirements.

If you could, share what your target investments were (fix/flip, BRRRR, multi-family, etc) and what p...

Not just take a commission; a sales agent or broker is supposed to know their market, which takes bunches of groundwork. 

I negotiate as I do best and do the ground work while the investor(s) just collect the checks?