Real Estate Development Academy
By: David L. Miller
Mentor-guided · 260-day program

Real estate development, learned by doing.

The Real Estate Development Academy is a working workbook — not a course. You complete real worksheets on a real deal, and a real developer reviews them. No fluff, no filler, no upsells.

Led by David L. Miller · Developer, operator, mentor

Workbook · Section 02Track 1 · Renovation

Market Research & Site Selection

Decide where you'll win before you ever sign a contract.

David's Take

"Pick the block before you pick the building. I've lost money on great buildings on the wrong block — and made money on ugly buildings on the right one."

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Action-based learning

Every section ends with worksheets you fill out on a real project — not theory you forget by Tuesday.

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Mentor-guided

David reviews your work, leaves comments on specific fields, and pushes back when your numbers don't make sense.

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For both beginners and operators

Pick your track on day one. The workbook adapts to renovation flips or ground-up development.

Two tracks · One workbook

Pick the work you're actually doing.

Self-select on onboarding. Sections and worksheets adapt to your track — and you can switch if your strategy changes.

Track 1

Renovation & Value-Add

Gut renovations, flips, and value-add plays on existing structures. For beginners getting their first deal done and operators sharpening their process.

  • Scope, budget, and schedule for renovations
  • GC selection and construction oversight
  • Refi / exit strategy on stabilized assets
Track 2

Ground-Up Development

New construction, mixed-use, and larger development projects. For investors stepping into entitlements, capital stacks, and multi-year horizons.

  • Entitlements, zoning, and pro forma modeling
  • Capital stack: debt, equity, and partners
  • Project management from pre-dev to C of O
The Mentor

David L. Miller

Developer and operator. Built real things, lost real money, made it back. Teaches the way he wishes someone had taught him — straight, specific, and from the deal, not the deck.

David's Take

"I'm not here to sell you the next module. I'm here to make sure your first deal doesn't bury you — and your tenth one funds the rest of your life."

Open the workbook. Start where you are.

Register, complete your resource assessment, and step into Section 01. Your work saves automatically — and David sees it.

Enter the academy