The Land Development Podcast with Ryan Glick

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Sam Brown of RGB Custom Home Builders joins Ryan Glick to talk about developing lots and building custom homes in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. They cover how wetlands, steep slopes, and stormwater impact what can be built, and why it pays to walk a lot with a builder before buying it. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Sam Brown of RGB Custom Home Builders joins Ryan Glick to talk about developing lots and building custom homes in Pennsylvania’s Poconos. They cover how wetlands, steep slopes, and stormwater impact what can be built, and why it pays to walk a lot with a builder before buying it. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Peter Schiff returns for a bonus episode on the midterm elections, inflation, and what comes next for housing. He shares why he expects mortgage rates to keep rising, home prices to fall, and more challenges for builders and developers heading into 2027. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found on the show notes page: h...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Brian Van Meter joins Ryan to share how he got into land acquisition after a career in the music industry. They talk about finding mentors, building relationships, overcoming self-doubt, and staying consistent when a deal gets difficult. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found on the show notes page: https://landdevpod...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan Glick and Charles Covey discuss property tax cuts on the ballot across the country, immigration enforcement’s impact on construction labor, and the income and savings renters need to buy a home. All links to the articles discussed during this episode can be found on the show notes page:  https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/industry-news-flor...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. For episode 200, Ken Mitchell turns the tables and interviews host Ryan Glick about his background, how the podcast started, and what he’s learned from the land development industry. They also discuss mentorship, family, the future of the show, and how Ryan would approach a hypothetical $10 million real estate investment. All links and resources...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. John Anderson joins the show to discuss ADUs, cottage courts, and pocket neighborhoods. John covers the business case for smaller housing, the rules that can make projects too expensive, and how to design for both privacy and community. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found on the show notes page: https://landdevpodc...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Howard Cohen, Managing Partner at Schwartz, Page & Harding, joins Ryan to explain how Texas municipal utility districts (MUDs) are formed, how infrastructure financing works, and when developers get reimbursed through bond sales. They also discuss developer risk, MUD tax rates, and the role special districts play in building new communities....

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan Glick and Charles Covey discuss the 13.9 million homes expected to hit the market as older generations age, new FHA financing eligibility for build-to-rent communities, and falling consumer confidence as buyers pull back from the housing market. All links to the articles discussed during this episode can be found on the show notes page:  ht...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Carter Malloy, Founder and CEO of Acres, joins Ryan Glick to discuss how AI is changing land development. They cover practical ways developers can use AI for research, site selection, and due diligence, along with its limitations and the importance of human judgment. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found on the show...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Why do good employees leave good companies? Executive coach and leadership advisor Allison Williams joins Ryan Glick to discuss employee retention, hiring decisions, leadership development, and succession planning in the homebuilding and land development industries. All links and resources mentioned during this episode can be found on the show n...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Nick Erickson joins Ryan Glick to discuss the housing shortage, land use and zoning reform, permitting, and the role local, state, and federal governments play in housing development. They also discuss why housing has become a major political issue and what developers should understand about the policy process. All links and resources mentioned...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan Glick and Charles Covey start with mortgage rates moving back above 7% and what the latest numbers look like across different housing markets. They also discuss Secretary Scott Turner’s comments from the Innovative Housing Showcase and whether new approaches to manufactured housing could help lower costs. Next, they talk about cities elimin...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Mustafa Abdul-Jabbar joins Ryan to explain how Texas special districts and public-private partnerships help finance infrastructure and support land development. They discuss MUDs, development costs, housing affordability, risk, and what other markets can learn from the Texas model. Show notes for this episode: https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. John Friedrich joins Ryan to discuss financing land development projects, what lenders look for in a deal, and where projects can run into trouble between acquisition and finished lot delivery. Show notes for this episode: https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/what-lenders-look-for-in-land-deals-with-john-friedrich-tlp191 Listen on your favorite pl...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan and Charles Covey discuss the Fed's latest rate increase and what it could mean for housing, state efforts to expand factory-built housing, and new permit deadlines designed to speed up development. All links to the articles discussed during this episode can be found on the show notes page: https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/industry-n...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Andrew Cramer, principal at Bridgeview Asset Management, joins Ryan to discuss manufactured home communities, from acquiring and expanding existing parks to creating more attainable paths to homeownership. They also cover development challenges, working with municipalities, due diligence, and opportunities for land developers in manufactured hou...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan sits down with real estate attorney Niv V. Davidovich to discuss the legal challenges developers and property owners face, especially in Southern California. Niv explains why legal counsel should be involved from day zero, how local regulations can change a project, and why developers need to make decisions based on the numbers rather than...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Construction needs hundreds of thousands of new workers, but will people or robots fill the gap? Ryan and Charles also look at where home prices are heading, how tariffs are raising costs for builders, and why those tariffs are becoming increasingly unpopular ahead of the midterm elections. All links to the articles discussed during this episode...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Water can make or break a land development deal, especially in Colorado and the Mountain West. Ryan sits down with water resource broker Sean Flanagan to break down water rights, due diligence, water availability, and what developers should understand before buying land. Show notes for this episode: https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/how-water-r...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan sits down with Mark Khuri, co-founder and CEO of SMK Capital Management, to break down what experienced investors look for before putting money into a real estate deal. Mark shares the red flags that can kill a deal, how developers can build investor trust, and lessons from reviewing hundreds of investment opportunities each year. Show note...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan and Charles discuss the growth of office-to-apartment conversions, the local opposition putting billions of dollars in data center projects at risk, and the rise of mass timber construction. They dig into what each trend means for developers, communities, and future projects. All links to the articles discussed during this episode can be fo...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Lee Farris, President and CEO of The Landwell Company, shares how his civil engineering experience prepared him for a career in land development and his work on the 2,200-acre Cadence master-planned community. He talks about building strong relationships, keeping housing attainable, maintaining standards over a long project, and creating communi...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Environmental project managers Danielle Vail and Sarah Johnson from Kimley-Horn join Ryan to discuss why environmental due diligence should begin before land is purchased. They discuss wetlands, protected species, permitting timelines, and how developers can avoid costly delays. Show notes for this episode: https://landdevpodcast.com/podcast/why...

Share your feedback or provide industry news topics. Ryan and Charles discuss the delayed lumber tariff relief, the latest new home sales data from Zonda, and why the nation's largest builders continue gaining market share. They also talk about affordability, builder incentives, and what these trends could mean for the future of homebuilding. All links to the articles discussed during this ep...