Land development is the process of converting raw or underutilized land into buildable parcels, then selling those parcels for far more than the raw land and the improvement work cost.
Log in to followI've been reading through two phase one exit plans from developers in the same metro, similar lot sizes, and they've made opposite decisions on the same question. I'm still on the…
This is the question I get asked most by people who've never built improvements before, and the answers I hear from experienced developers split about evenly, so I'll put it to th…
I'm trying to figure out which strategy fits, and land keeps looking attractive to me for a reason that might be wrong. The timelines are long, so the work seemed spread out. Long…
I own small multifamily and I've never done a land deal, so I'm going to define the words as I understand them and someone can correct me. Entitlement means getting the government…
I've spent about a year reading about this and watching two subdivisions go in near me, and I still can't tell whether I'm supposed to start small or start adjacent. The two paths…
Everything in a land deal hangs off one number, what the finished lots sell for. And that number lands two to four years after you sign, which is the part I can't get comfortable…
I've got two tracts on my list that need the same thing, a rezoning from ag to single family at around 3 units an acre. The sellers want completely different structures and I can'…
46 lots, one entrance, and my engineer can plat it as one phase or split it into two of 23. Two phase costs me about $60k more in total because some of the mass grading and the er…