Development 101 — Qualify it.
From raw land to buildable lots
Qualify the land before the land qualifies your wallet.
- Format
- 3 days · virtual or in person
- Answers
- Is this land capable of becoming the project you imagine?
- You produce
- Subdivision Opportunity File
- Tuition
- $995 virtual · $1,995 in person
Syllabus
What this course covers
Land, surveys, utilities, drainage, entitlements, feasibility and lot yield.
Subjects covered
- Land
- Surveys
- Utilities
- Drainage
- Entitlements
- Feasibility
- Lot yield
Leave with a defensible go / no-go decision on a real site.
Bring this with you
The work in the room is done on your own project, so come with something real.
- One real site you are considering, or one you have walked away from
- Whatever information you already hold on it — survey, listing, plat, notes
- The question you need answered about that site
The detailed module-by-module outline is published here as the Academy approves it. Nothing is shown until it is approved — the subjects above are the confirmed scope of the course.
The April 2027 in-person Development 101 cohort in McKinney is the Academy's first class. Its virtual cohort follows, using professionally recorded teaching from that in-person workshop with facilitated application and Q&A. Dates remain tentative until confirmed.
How the work is built
Evidence first, lots last
Qualification is an order of operations. Each layer has to stand before the next one means anything.
Evidence stack
Select a subject to light up the layer it produces. Every subject is listed in full above — this is a way of seeing the order they are worked in.
The decision
Three honest answers
The course teaches you to reach one of these and defend it. The Academy does not make the decision for you.
GO
The evidence supports continued work, and the open questions are ones you can carry.
HOLD
Material questions remain unresolved. More evidence is needed before money is committed.
NO-GO
A fatal flaw or an unacceptable risk is identified, and walking away is the disciplined answer.
The three days
01
Evidence
Establish what is actually known about the site.
02
Feasibility
Test whether the evidence supports the use.
03
Decision
Reach go, hold or no-go, and write down why.
Subdivision Opportunity File
- 01Evidence ladder
- 02Site facts and constraints
- 03Fatal-flaw findings
- 04Preliminary lot-yield logic
- 05Go / no-go memo
Materials
What you leave with
Not notes. Working documents you keep and use on a real project.
Course artifact
Subdivision Opportunity File
The evidence ladder, fatal-flaw findings, lot yield and the decision memo for one real site.
Course workbooks and templates
The workbooks and templates used in the room, in your own copies.
Developer Toolkit
The working set of instruments used across every course.
Portal access
Access to the course materials for your cohort in the member portal.
Certificate of completion
Issued on completion and verifiable from the Academy's verification page.
Schedule
How the three days run
The same course, taught two ways. Choose the format that fits how you work.
Virtual
3 days online, after the workshop
Professionally recorded teaching from the preceding in-person workshop, with facilitated application and Q&A. Cohort cap 24.
In person
3 days in McKinney, Texas
In the room with faculty and the rest of the cohort. Cohort cap 20.
Daily session times and the hour-by-hour agenda are published to registered participants before each cohort begins.
Instructors
Who teaches this course
Academy faculty lead every cohort, in person and virtually.
Felipe Soares
Capital, Strategy & Partnerships
Felipe Soares is a co-founder and principal of Threefold Development Partners, leading Capital, Strategy & Partnerships. Active in Dallas–Fort Worth real estate investing since 2008, he is the Founder and Fund Manager of RAW Capital Fund and Founder and Host of Deal Maker DFW. At Threefold Development Academy, his teaching focuses on opportunity evaluation, underwriting, capital planning, and partnership alignment. His background includes 11 years as a firefighter and paramedic in Texas.
Robert K. Bishop
Construction, Controls & Execution
Robert holds construction and execution: preconstruction, scope, estimating, procurement, owner representation, cost and schedule control, completion and recovery. He teaches Development 103 and the horizontal construction work in 101.
Cohorts
In person or virtual
One open cohort per format at a time. When a cohort sells out, a first-come waitlist opens and the next approved cohort is released automatically.
Format
In PersonApril 22, 2027 – April 24, 2027
Tentative Date
McKinney, Texas
20 of 20 seats available
Maximum capacity 20. Seats are first come, first served — a seat is held only when payment completes.
Format
VirtualMay 11, 2027 – May 13, 2027
Tentative Date
Online (Central time)
24 of 24 seats available
Maximum capacity 24. Seats are first come, first served — a seat is held only when payment completes.
Tuition
Course tuition
In person
$1,995 single
$2,995 pair
Cohort cap 20.
Virtual
$995 single
$1,495 pair
Cohort cap 24.
DMD 10% and verified eligible service 25% apply to eligible individual Academy tuition. Discounts never stack — the best valid price applies.
Payment options
Choose How You Pay
Choose the payment structure that fits your business and cash flow. Every payment amount, due date, and total is shown before you enroll. The course is the same. Only the payment schedule changes.
Pay in Full
Lowest Total$995
$995 total
Complete tuition at enrollment and receive the lowest total for this course and your verified eligibility.
Two-Payment Plan
2 × $515
$1,030 total
$35 more than paying $995 in full.
Make your first payment at enrollment and the second payment 30 days later. Your full balance must be paid at least 14 days before the course begins.
Requires at least 44 calendar days before the first course day.
Payment plans will become available after the cohort dates and registration details are confirmed.
Three-Payment Plan
3 × $350
$1,050 total
$55 more than paying $995 in full.
Make your first payment at enrollment, followed by payments 30 and 60 days later. Your full balance must be paid at least 14 days before the course begins.
Requires at least 74 calendar days before the first course day.
Payment plans will become available after the cohort dates and registration details are confirmed.
Payment-plan totals are higher than pay-in-full tuition. Review the complete price, any applicable tax, and every scheduled payment before choosing. This is a fixed course purchase, not a membership or an automatically renewing subscription. Installment plans are available only when the enrollment window allows the full schedule. Tuition is shown before any tax that applies to your purchase; the exact tax-qualified amount for each payment appears in checkout before you are charged.
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Tell us where you are and what you are working on. Applying costs nothing, reserves no seat and is not an offer of a place — it puts your details in front of the Academy before dates are released.
Enrollment
How enrollment works
One open cohort per format
At most one in-person and one virtual cohort of this course are open at any time. The two queues move independently.
Next cohort only
Only the next cohort in each format is listed. Later cohorts are not shown until the current one sells out.
Waitlist in order
When a cohort sells out, a first-come waitlist opens. If no next cohort is approved, you can leave your email to be notified.
Take the full path
Development 101 is also part of the Virtual, In-Person, and Premium paths.
The development path
Development 101
Qualify it.
Evidence before lots.
You are here
Development 102
Structure it.
One integrated plan.
Development 103
Control it.
Hold the plan through delivery.
The three courses are taught in sequence. This diagram shows where this course sits in the path; it does not record or infer anything about your own progress.