Residential Real Estate Development

From the developers of over $1 billion worth of real estate development projects over the last 25 years comes this easy to understand residential real estate development book. This book serves as a comprehensive guide for beginners and experienced real estate developers alike in understanding the practicalities of residential real estate development. Where many other books detail `what is' real estate development, this book goes much further to explain not only `what is' but more importantly `how to' develop real estate successfully. In this book the authors - 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- GST on real estate, tenure, development entities, holding versus selling and much, much more...