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Be a Successful Residential Land Developer, 2nd Edition

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Title: Be a Successful Residential Land Developer, 2nd Edition
Author: R. Dodge Woodson
ISBN: 0071441719 / 9780071441711
Format: Soft Cover
Pages: 359
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Year: 2005
Availability: 45-60 days
     
 
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Learn how YOU can become a player in the hot market for new housing

You don't need a fortune or years of real estate experience to become a successful residential land developer. This shrewd, up-to-the-minute guide shows you how to find and acquire prime properties that are true diamonds in the rough. You'll learn the factors that determine whether you've got a good deal: engineering surveys, grading, water availability and drainage, utilities, traffic, and more. And once you've chosen your land, you'll discover what you need to do at every stage to make your project succeed. With the step-by-step advice of real estate expert and contractor R. Dodge Woodson's failure-proof primer, anyone can learn to exploit the opportunities in land development. Reflecting today's advantageous financial land development climate, Be a Successful Residential Land Developer shows you how to:

  • Tie up and control land with very little cash and plenty of escape clauses
  • Tap into conventional and creative financing sources
  • Apply powerful Internet tools to leverage information
  • Get favorable bids from subcontractors
  • Deal with zoning, environmental, and code enforcement issues
  • Reduce neighborhood resistance and handle boards of appeal
  • Put together a professional team and direct the project
  • Develop a marketing and sales plan for your new home(s)
  • Much, much more

Acknowledgments
Introduction

Chapter 1 : Why Should I Get into Land Development?
Chapter 2 : A Development Team
Chapter 3 : Finding Land
Chapter 4 : Finding Hidden Treasure
Chapter 5 : Tying Up Land Without a Full Commitment
Chapter 6 : Expert Advice
Chapter 7 : Site Assessment
Chapter 8 : The Written Plan
Chapter 9 : Storm-Water Drainage
Chapter 10 : Deciphering the Dirt
Chapter 11 : Water Requirements
Chapter 12 : Land Loss and Road Costs
Chapter 13 : Flood Zones, Wetlands, and Other Deal-Stoppers
Chapter 14 : Location, Location, Location
Chapter 15 : Plans and Specifications
Chapter 16 : Development Bids
Chapter 17 : Predicting Sales
Chapter 18 : Financing
Chapter 19 : Zoning
Chapter 20 : Closing Your Land Deal
Chapter 21 : Insurance and Subcontractor Needs
Chapter 22 : Breaking Ground
Chapter 23 : Keeping Your Project on Time and on Budget
Chapter 24 : Marketing and Sales
Chapter 25 : New Projects

Appendix A.1
Appendix A.2
Index

 
 
 
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