There are many different real estate websites/magazines out there that have email newsletters. A few of them even deal with property developments, if only sparingly. None of these e-zines focus on the “how-to” of land development. They are geared toward news, market research and trends in the industry and are heavily weighted to commercial projects. (If you know a good exine for residential developers or for selling land, please let me know.)

Here is a list of a couple that I have found worth signing up for. Keep in mind, 90% of the time I simply scan the headlines and hit delete. And often, I will let them pile up for a week or two and then run through all of them in one go. The headlines are good for getting a general feel of the state of real estate development in various sectors and regions of the country – which is really all I am after.

And when I do find a headline that makes me dig deeper and actually read the article – I consider it gravy. So here they are.

http://nreionline.com/ National Real Estate Investor Online: There free print magazine is excellent and their ezines are good too. NREI has a bunch of sister sites, so whatever you are interested you should be able to find a match here.

http://retailtrafficmag.com/ Retail Traffic Online: One of the sister sites from above. Some good insights can be found here if you are in any way interested in retail real estate.

http://www.smartbrief.com/icsc/index.jsp ICSC.org SmartBrief This is run by the International Council of Shopping Centers.

http://www.realestatejournal.com Subsection of the Wall Street Journal. The residential side is geared more toward individual home buyers it seems, but the commercial side is worth checking out. On a side note, there website has this cost calculator that is fun to play with but I wouldn’t base a project on it.

Please, submit the e-zines you subscribe to in the comments below. I would love to hear what you find valuable.

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