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A guaranteed % ROI that does not perform will land you in a heap of trouble. With all of the hedge funds and investment banks now being sued by investors why would you even consider this? How would you consider yourself different?

The bottom line is that banks are not loaning money on real estate projects right now.

I can speak from experience as we own a three acre tract 3 miles from the new Cowboys statdium that we are developing. We lost the financing for the street and utilities and have had to barter out those services with a contractor that wants another piece of property we own. Nothing against us...its just that well the market is really weird right now and these banks have to look at all of the bad real estate they are holding as well.

Back to your question. There are ROI guarantees that say you will have a return on your investment. As far as giving some sort of figure I would so steer clear of that. However if you are set on doing this, you will need to contact an SEC specialist. I would not touch anyones elses advice.

Simple ROI works
well in situations where both the gains and the costs of an investment
are easily known.
Other
things being equal, the investment with the higher ROI
is the better investment.

In complex business settings, it is not
always easy to match specific returns with
the specific costs that bring them, and this makes ROI less trustworthy. . Simple ROI
also becomes less trustworthy as a useful metric when the cost figures
include allocated or indirect costs..

Business investments
typically involve financial consequences extending several years. In such cases, the metric has meaning only when the time period
is clearly stated. Shorter or longer time periods may produce quite
different ROI figures
for the same investment.

LUCKIEST.