There's more to putting together a master-planned development than buying some land just anywhere, drawing up some blueprints, bringing in tons of concrete and a forest-full of 2 x 4s and letting the boys have at it.

You need to know the lay of the land. What else is being built in that region. Can the inhabitants of that area actually afford to buy what you're selling. What the amenities are going to be. How much it's actually going to cost. When it's going to get built...a whole slew of things.

Hanley Wood offers a powerful software tool that makes the job easy—Builder InfoTools.