The proven framework to reduce risk, unlock cash, and maximize returns.
Engineering Land Value gives developers, landowners, homebuilders, and capital partners a practical playbook for understanding land residual analysis, substantiating value conclusions, and making stronger development decisions.
About the Book
Engineering Land Value breaks down land residual analysis into a practical playbook for developers, landowners, homebuilders, and capital partners.
Carter Froelich helps readers understand the assumptions, risks, costs, revenues, and financing strategies that influence land value before major project decisions are made.
Land Residual Analysis
The book shows how each input affects the value conclusion and how stronger assumptions can help teams reduce risk, unlock cash, and maximize returns.
What Readers Will Learn
Every land residual analysis runs on the same mechanics. Master these four levers and you influence the outcome.
More revenue at the top means more residual value at the bottom.
Key Insight
“The power of your vision is directly limited by your market positioning and unique amenities.”
Carter Froelich is the Founder and Managing Principal of Launch Development Finance Advisors. With more than 40 years of experience in real estate development, he has been formulating and implementing land-secured financing solutions for master-planned communities and residential development projects across the country.
Through Land to Lots™, Carter shares a practical framework for approaching infrastructure finance with greater clarity, discipline, and strategic intent.
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