Most real estate investors overlook land -- but national home builders spend millions figuring out exactly where to buy next. Host Jean Mitchell of Trilogy Real Estate sits down with Brandon Cobb of HBG Capital to break down how everyday investors can reverse-engineer those decisions and get into land development before the big builders arrive.

What you'll learn:

✔️ How to find land by tracking where national builders like D.R. Horton are already developing -- they've done the market research, so target land in those same corridors

✔️ Why sitting down with local planning directors and city council members is the fastest way to identify what areas a city actually wants developed

✔️ The two golden rules of land entitlement: never buy land before securing city approvals, and always design with your end buyer in mind

✔️ How Brandon went from being fired from a medical device sales job to building a private equity firm focused on land entitlement and new construction

Brandon Cobb is the founder of HBG Capital, a private equity firm specializing in land entitlement, land development, and new construction. He also runs the Land Development Accelerator mastermind and hosts the Recession Resistant Real Estate Radio podcast.

Connect with Brandon:

Website: learnlanddevelopment.com (free six-hour course on finding land, due diligence, and raising money)

Company: HBG Capital -- investor-facing private equity for land and new construction projects

Podcast: Recession Resistant Real Estate Radio

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