Residential Real Estate Development: A Practical Guide For Beginners To Experts

This easy to understand book serves as a comprehensive guide to beginners and experienced real estate developers alike in understanding the practicalities of residential real estate development. In this book the authors reveal: The real estate development process from concept to completion; the members of the real estate development team, what they do and how to select them; how to find a site and perform a comprehensive financial feasibility analysis; how to purchase a site and perform a thorough due diligence analysis; the various types of development finance and how to deal with financiers; advanced finance strategies using little to no money of your own; the various valuation methodologies and how to obtain the best valuation; the necessary local authority permits and how to obtain them; how to market your project; the various construction contracts and how to select and manage the building contractor; the settlement process and much much more...