Double your money in 2 years or less. Earn $50K–$100K per project. Without tenants, toilets, or renovating nasty old buildings.
10x returns vs. a normal wholesale assignment fee
5x profits compared to a typical fix-and-flip
No tenants, no 3am calls, no rent checks
No endless renos — you add value to land, not lipstick to old houses
Faster exits, lower risk — recycle your own capital instead of locking it up in JVs
Multiple paths to profit — entitlement flips, small-scale infill, permits, or full builds
This course shows you exactly how to do it — step by step.
Watch this short 2 minute video of 5 real deals — from my students and my own projects — showing exactly how these strategies work in practice.
I’m actively doing small-scale builds myself — like this project in Florida — and I’ll show you the same process step by step.
You've probably tried — or avoided — the usual routes:
Rentals = tenant headaches
Flips = razor-thin margins
Wholesaling = chasing deals for peanuts
But here’s the shift most investors miss:
🟩 The real profit is in adding value to land — not just fixing buildings.
This course shows you how to profit from land at any stage of the development cycle:
✔️ Entitle and sell without building
✔️ Do small-scale infill / Ground-Up construction
✔️ Flip land with permits in place
✔️ Or build full subdivisions over time
You don’t need millions, J/V partners, or years of experience. Just the right system.
This is not just theory. Students are going hard, knocking down old buildings (or starting with vacant lots) and replacing them with brand new, beautiful higher density projects. Here are just a handful of pictures from the many dozens of student activities. Build-and-Bank, Build-to- Rent, Land Assembly, Land Severance, Entitlement Strategies, Creating Serviced Lots, and Subdivision Creation. This course will be transformational for you.
Inside Real Estate Development for Small Projects: Add Value, Exit Fast, you’ll get:
✅ The complete 7-module course — 50+ lessons covering every stage from grass to finished build
✅ The 5-Week Challenge — structured action steps to get your first project moving fast
✅ 7-day money-back guarantee — try it risk-free
👉 All for just $497 one-time
You don’t need millions, JV partners, or years of experience. You just need the right system — and this program gives you that. Your first profitable project could be less than a year away.
🔍 Spot It – How to find teardown lots, underused land, or upzoning potential
🤝 Seal It – How to control property with little to no money down
💰 Fund It – Creative ways to structure and finance short-term deals
🏗️ Profit From It – How to permit, split, prep land, build and sell for $50K–$100K+ profits
You’ll learn the exact strategies I’ve used to build almost 50 homes, townhomes, and infill projects — with no rentals and no long-term holds.
This course IS for you if…
• You’re a flipper/wholesaler tired of small margins.
• You’re already in construction (engineer, trades, GC) and want to level up.
• You want faster, safer exits than 5-year syndications. In this course we focus on 'In-and-Out' in less than 1 year.
This course is NOT for you if…
• You’re looking for passive income with tenants.
• You want “get rich quick.” Development is fast compared to rentals, but it’s still requires effort.
Module 1: Welcome & Strategy Overview
Why traditional real estate paths (rentals, flips, wholesaling) are limited — and how the “Micro-Strategies” of development offer higher profits with lower risk. You'll understand the big picture before diving in.
Module 2: Find & Analyze
Learn how to spot and analyze high-profit land deals, identify underused lots, teardown candidates, or entitlement opportunities — using free and paid tools. This is the heart of deal finding.
Module 3: Working With The Seller
Discover how to control valuable land without huge capital. From options and LOIs to seller partnerships — these creative techniques let you secure deals before your competition even sees them.
Module 4: Funding
Explore fast, flexible, and creative ways to finance your projects. Whether you’re using partners, assignment strategies, or investor funds, you’ll learn how to fund deals without taking on big debt.
Module 5: 5-Week Challenge
Put your knowledge into action. Find an opportunity, make an offer, contact a city planner, and take the first steps toward a real project. This is where it gets real.
Module 6: Planning & Permitting (Watch only when you have a deal)
Now that you’ve secured a deal, here’s how to work with the city — navigating zoning, lot splits, or entitlement approvals. Real-world strategy, not theory.
Module 7: Construction & Marketing (Watch only when you have a deal)
Understand your build options, timelines, and how to package and sell your permitted project to builders or end buyers. Maximize your exit.
For just $497, you’ll get the complete system to find, fund, and profit from land improvement. No fluff. No guesswork. Just what works.
Students Taking Action !!
Eric B.
Eric was a disgruntled wholesaler from South Carolina who was tired of getting nasty emails and phone calls every time he sent out flyers. He saw my videos and knew that development was what he wanted to do. Fast forward to today and he recently quit his 9-to-5 job and has 3 development projects in the works. He is focusing on the entitlement or paperwork only strategies and using creative techniques to partner with sellers. There is a ton of actionable content in this one. You will want to watch and take notes.
Curtis A.
As a teacher you always wonder if students are paying attention. Curtis. Was. Paying. Attention!! He has done several of my Micro-strategies including land flipping, land assembly, lot preparation, lot severance and infill development, which means that he has taken projects all the way to the finished construction of new homes. In addition, he has taken 'In and Out Quick' to an art. Love it!
Dan H.
Let's meet Dan, the next guest in our video series - Students Taking Action. He has taken methodical steps to grow his Real Estate Investments, from single family home rentals, to adding basement suites, to building new garden houses in the back, to now knocking down that old house and custom building 3 or 4 unit rentals. Dan now has a repeatable system in place, which is where most of us hope to be. Let's hear his story. UPDATE! Dan has close to 2 dozen new properties at various stages of design and construction and has branched into renovating other investors properties! 
Amy, Imelda, and Sahil
"This community is really starting to come together now as the students are networking and investing together. Here is another 'Students Taking Action' video. Three of our students have purchased an old house and the plan is to knock it down and build an 8-unit apartment. How exciting is that?! UPDATE! Design of the 8-Plex have been completed and permits applied for. PLUS This group has recently purchased their SECOND & THIRD!! old home to knock down with plans to build another 8-Plex!!"
Ashifa J.
"The next guest in our video series - Students Taking Action - is Ashifa. Ashifa is very close to being ready to start construction. She is just waiting for final Development Permit and Bank financing approval. Her plan is to knock down an old house, build an 8-Plex and then keep it as a rental. If this is what you are looking for too, then let's let Ashifa lead us through the steps she has taken to get this project close to reality. UPDATE! Construction of the new 8-Plex is complete!! See the picture below. PLUS Ashifa just took possession of a 186 Acre site for future development! QUOTE! It was Darcy Marler’s webinar that first inspired me to get into land development, and then the course and his mentorship gave me confidence! Thank you, Darcy!”"
The Perez Property Sisters - Theresa & Sugar.
Theresa and Sugar are two high energy go getters that have purchased an old 12 unit apartment, ready for tear down, and are working to change the zoning and density that will allow the construction of an eight storey, 96 unit apartment building. How amazing is that? Let's go behind the scenes and see how they are doing this. UPDATE! Now it looks like they are going to be able to get Site Plan Approval to build a 10 storey, 180 unit apartment building! PLUS! Now they bought the lot next door and now they are looking at a 10 storey, 240 unit building!!
I built this course to help regular investors earn developer-level profits — and I stand by it 100%.
Take a full 7 days to go through the first module, if its not for you just let me know and I’ll refund your full payment. No hassle. No hard feelings.
You’ve got nothing to lose — and a smarter real estate strategy to gain.
I’ve been a full-time real estate investor for almost 25 years — building 50 homes, townhomes, and condos across North America.
Along the way, I’ve done lot severance, upzoning & entitlement plays, raw land deals, and small subdivisions — all without holding rentals or doing heavy renos.
I created this course because I believe small-scale development shouldn’t be reserved for big companies. With the right knowledge, regular investors can earn developer-level profits — without taking on massive risk.
I’ve written four books on real estate investing, but this course is where I teach my best, most actionable material — strategies that work right now, in U.S. markets.
Let’s build something amazing together.
Here are just a few of my personal past projects.
We focus on small, fast, build-to-sell projects — not 5-year syndications or giant suburban subdivisions. In-and-out quick, with clear timelines and lower risk.
You’ll also discover the “paperwork profit multipliers” (like rezoning, lot splits, and overlays) that can add $50K–$100K of value before you ever build.
It’s designed for action — not just theory — with tools, templates, and a community to keep you accountable.
You’ll learn from a 25-year developer who’s built subdivisions, almost 50 units, and is still actively doing deals today.
You’re not just buying information — you can find that on YouTube. You’re getting clarity, structure, feedback, and direct access that accelerates results.
Q: Is this course for beginners?
A: Yes. If you understand basic real estate, you can learn these strategies.
Q: Do I need a lot of money to get into development?
A: Not at all. Unlike flips or rentals, where you’re “all-in” from Day 1, development lets you move in stages:
Stage 1: Spend only time — running numbers, checking zoning, talking to the city.
Stage 2: Tie up the lot and spend a small amount on basic drawings or reports. If it doesn’t work, you walk away with minimal cost.
Stage 3: Only once you’re confident do you commit real dollars into permits, detailed plans, and construction.
With this staged approach, we keep the money at risk as low as possible, plus creative strategies like partnering with sellers or focusing on paperwork-only improvements, many students get started with as little as $25k in accessible capital. You’re always testing and de-risking before committing big money.
Q: How long will this take?
A: Many students complete their first deal within 6–12 months.
Q: What if I don’t like it?
A: You’re covered by a 7-day no-risk, 100% money-back guarantee. Details inside.
Q: Aren’t all the good development lots already taken by big national builders? Is there even room for someone like me?
A: It may feel that way, but those big national builders are focused on something very different — huge land tracts outside the city where they can build hundreds of homes. That’s not what we do.
We focus on small-scale infill opportunities in established neighborhoods: things like lot splits, zoning upgrades, minor entitlements, or teardown-and-resell plays. These projects are too small and too scattered for the big guys to bother with — and that’s your advantage.
You don’t need a bulldozer or a land bank. You just need to spot hidden value in overlooked lots and apply one of the Micro-strategies I teach. There’s still a wide open lane for smart, scrappy investors — and this course shows you exactly how to find it.
Q: Why would I buy a course when I can watch free YouTube videos or ask AI?
A: Free YouTube videos and AI are great tools, but they have one major limitation: they don't give you a complete system.
Most free content answers a single question in isolation. AI can explain zoning, financing, lot splits, or construction, but it doesn't know how to connect all the pieces into a real-world project.
These courses are based on more than 25 years of real estate investing and development experience, including nearly 100 properties owned, over 250 completed projects, dozens of new-build homes, subdivision projects, and real money won and lost in the field.
You'll also learn from real-world case studies, project examples, and lessons learned from both successes and mistakes along the way.
Instead of spending hundreds of hours trying to assemble information from YouTube, forums, books, and AI prompts, you'll follow a proven framework that shows you what to do, in what order, and what mistakes to avoid.
Think of AI and YouTube as tools.
Think of these courses as the roadmap.
Q: Do the courses include direct access to Darcy or a community?
A: No. These are self-paced online courses designed to help you learn and implement at your own pace.
If you'd like feedback on a specific property, development opportunity, zoning issue, financing strategy, or active project, you can book a separate 1-on-1 Paid Session with Darcy for personalized guidance.
More and more investors are getting wise to Ground-Up Construction.
The window is open today, but land costs, fees, and competition are rising.
Waiting even 12 months could price you out of the best opportunities.
For just $497, you’ll get the complete system to find, fund, and profit from land. No fluff. No guesswork. Just what works.
No problem. Many students start with a book, guide, or focused training before stepping into the complete system. Visit the Hutton Radway Resource Hub to explore all available resources, including books, courses, templates, and practical tools for investors looking to create value through zoning, entitlements, lot splits, and small-scale development. Start where you are and build your knowledge one step at a time.
