A's are obvious, B's are obvious but the middle ground...well...sometimes isn't so obvious from sitting at your computer in Granada Hills. 

Who has been involved in ground-up apartment construction?

Build a local team that is familiar not only with the area but also with the type of property you are purchasing - location, unit count/mix, rents etc...These folks will be your boots on the ground.

If you need a Realtor to be your "boots on the ground" and take pictures for you, let me know.

While at the same time looking for a group that already invest in what you want and trying to break ground with them.

I'd be interested in talking to you more about your "boots on the ground" person here in KC.Thanks,Tyler

There is ONLY one real confidence booster.And I challenge anyone and everyone to the death on this one.Working hard, sweating tears and blood,  standing back up after you get bish-slapped to the ground, rising above it all trembling and bloody, .... depositing your first paycheck and hear that "chee cheeng"...

If my place burned to the ground then I would get my loan paid off, have my equity, and sell the lot.

Definitely an area where you need an ear to the ground with regards to each cities, and not for the faint of heart!

This is just another method that I have personally have had success in, its shocking how many people want to be in real estate, but they just don't have the time to do the ground work.