Think tank · Podcast · YouTube
Land is learnable. Start where every deal starts — with the dirt.
Most people get into land backwards: they sign a contract, then look for someone to explain what they bought. The think tank exists so that order gets reversed.
What it is
A room for the questions people are embarrassed to ask.
The land think tank started with a handful of beginners asking Rodney the same three questions at the end of every call. It grew into a community, a podcast and a video channel built around one idea: land decisions are made with four documents and a pro forma, and anyone can learn to read them.
There is no upsell ladder and no course to buy. Rodney answers the questions the same way he answers a borrower — plainly, and with the reason attached.
Who it's for
- You've never bought land and want the vocabulary before the closing table.
- You own a parcel and can't get a bank to take the call.
- You're a builder looking upstream at land instead of finished lots.
- You're a capital partner trying to understand what a GP actually does.
Three ways in
The Land Think Tank
A beginner-first community for people buying, entitling or financing land. Questions get answered by people who have closed the deal — not by a search result.
Monthly group call · Q&A threads · Deal reviews
The Podcast
Long-form conversations about basis, entitlements, capital stacks and the deals that almost died before they closed.
New episodes weekly
YouTube
Screen-share walk-throughs of real parcels — the plat, the approvals, the numbers, and what the land is worth on the other side.
Deal walk-throughs · Beginner explainers
On the show
What gets covered.
Episodes stay on one subject long enough to actually understand it. No market predictions, no guests selling a program.
- 01What an entitlement actually is — zoning, site plan, concurrency, utilities
- 02How to read a survey and a plat before you sign a contract
- 03Why land loans size at 50% loan-to-cost
- 04Mezzanine vs. preferred equity vs. a JV promote
- 05The first five questions to ask a seller of raw land
- 06How a deal dies in diligence, and how to see it coming
Join
Request an invite to the think tank.
Tell us where you are with land. You'll get the community invite, the podcast links and the channel details — plus a standing invitation to the monthly call.
