I put together this guide awhile back for myself and thought I'd share!

Hi everyone,I’m a professional real estate developerbased in Central Florida near Orlando.Background: licensed architect with deepexperience in residential subdivisions, underwriting, entitlements, buildingpermits, construction management, and maintaining extensive contacts withnational home builders.My specialization is converting raw land intopaper or finished home lots for sale to national and regional home builders.

I am moving to League City from Connecticut with my family and looking for a property there, I have a real estate agent I am working with, but I was hoping I could find locals that could give me more insight about buying in those master plan communities like Mar bella in League City.

Cloud, and Ocala.I’m always interested in connecting with other experienced professionals in this niche—fellow developers, capital allocators, family offices, or intermediaries who focus on residential land/development equity.If you have experience in this space (or want to learn) and are open to exchanging perspectives or exploring potential alignment in the future, feel free to send me a message or connect.Happy to share more about my background, current focus, and market insights in a private conversation.Thanks in advance for any insights or connections, SH Harris

For a lot of self-employed buyers in LA, this is a cleaner path than a bank statement loan with a 1 to 2 point rate markup.On a $450K assumable loan balance, the difference between 3% and 6.25% is about $880/month.

I’m looking for guidance from people who actively lend or operate in this space so I can understand what terms, collateral, and structures lenders are most comfortable with.The main questions I’m working through:• What LTV ranges do private lenders typically prefer when the collateral includes manufacturing equipment and receivables?

(Especially with the recent UDO changes allowing more by-right duplexes in many areas.)2.

As someone who's navigated entitlements on hundreds of residential and commercial projects in a dozen or more states, I've seen how small oversights can derail multimillion-dollar deals - wasting time and money.

In addition, I am looking into a HELOC as well.

I wanted to back up a bit and give more context on my current situation.