Be a Successful Residential Land Developer

2. Auflage 2004
ISBN: 978-0-07-144171-1
Verlag: McGraw-Hill Education

Buch, Englisch, 359 Seiten, Format (B × H): 185 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 622 g

Publisher's Note: Products purchased from Third Party sellers are not guaranteed by the publisher for quality, authenticity, or access to any online entitlements included with the product.Learn how YOU can become a player in the hot market for new housingYou 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 moreINSIDE RESIDENTIAL LAND DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS
Why Should I Get into Land Development? * Can I Really Do It? * The Development Team and Selecting the Viable Project * Finding Hidden Treasure * Tying Up Land without a Full Commitment * Having Your Experts Do Preliminary Checks * Going over the Ground from Top to Bottom * Planning on Paper * Storm Water Drainage * Deciphering the Dirt * Water Requirements * Land Lost and Cost for Roads * Flood Zones * Location, Location, Location * Plans and Specifications * Getting Development Bids * Sales Projections * Financing * Zoning * Closing Your Land Deal * Insurance and Subcontractor Needs * Rolling Out the Big Rigs and Site Supervision * Keeping Your Project on Time and on Budget * A Marketing Plan and Sales Team * New Projects

Autoren/Hrsg.

Woodson, R.

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensführung
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Immobilienwirtschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1: Why Should I get into Land Development?Chapter 2: Can I Really Do it?Chapter 3: The Development Team and Selecting the Viable ProjectChapter 4: Finding Hidden TreasureChapter 5: Tying up Land Without a Full CommitmentChapter 6: Having Your Experts Do Preliminary ChecksChapter 7: Going over the Ground, from Top to BottomChapter 8: Planning on PaperChapter 9: Storm Water DrainageChapter 10: Deciphering the DirtChapter 11: Water RequirementsChapter 12: Land Lost and Costs for RoadsChapter 13: Flood Zones, Location, Location, LocationChapter 14: Plans and SpecificationsChapter 15: Getting Development BidsChapter 16: Sales ProjectionsChapter 17: FinancingChapter 18: ZoningChapter 19: Closing Your Land DealChapter 20: Insurance and Subcontractor NeedsChapter 21: Rolling Out the Big Rigs and Site SupervisionChapter 22: Keeping Your Project on Time and on Budget Chapter 23: A Marketing Plan and Sales TeamChapter 24: New Projects

Über Autor(innen)

Woodson, R.
R. Dodge Woodson (Brunswick, ME) has over 20 years' experience as a home builder, contractor, master plumber, and real estate broker. He is the author of many McGraw-Hill books, including Be A Successful Building Contractor 2/e, and National Plumbing Codes Handbook 2/e.

R. Dodge Woodson (Brunswick, Maine) holds the real estate license of Designated Broker. This is the highest classification of professional real licensure available. Woodson is the president and owner of Expert Realty Services, Inc., in Brunswick Maine. He bought his first piece of speculative land in 1974 and has been a progressive land developer in Virginia and Maine for the last 29 years. He has succeeded with both individual plots and large parcels that he subdivided. With nearly 30 years of experience as a residential land developer, Mr. Woodson has developed a process that makes failure virtually impossible.