You might not want to get into development of land. I live in a country where houses are fucking expensive, construction companies are getting doomed, and Real Estate businesses are borrowing loans and shutting down their Real Estate business indefinitely, and fleeing the country forever. Its better to just stay in crypto, you know. Real life jobs are scary as fuck, am seeing more terminations than hiring and the country I live in is one of the richest and the costliest. The risk is too much to handle, just don't put yourself in the quicksand.
DRIPS just seem to be buying back of shares with the dividends that investors receive. They are still taxed, even if the investors don't receive it. Only advantage is, they get more shares at a discounted price and they don't have to pay a commission.
Its cool. I used to work in the construction industry. I have some experience there. You're right. There are a lot of people who heard about "flipping houses" from a tv show on the discovery channel who have no experience and easily get in over their heads attempting to develop real estate via overestimating how productive they will be and underestimating how much things will cost--their liabilities. Regulation can oppose the construction of new homes in ways. An example of this is california which recently made it illegal to build a house, unless it is fully outfitted with solar panels.
Most people aren't aware that there are kits to build a house which are available @ severely discounted price in comparison to what is available on markets. There definitely are opportunities. Its not and never will be a get rich quick scheme. But for those who are willing to put in the time and effort it could be profitable and worthwhile over the long term. Similar to crypto it could be a good HODL strategy.
Branching out and diversifying away from crypto could be a good practice. I like DRIPs as a long term investment strategy. It won't do much over the short term. It might not even grow funds @ a faster rate than inflation. But at least there are recorded instances of people retiring using it as an investment strategy. The compounding interest could be worth pursuing. Especially if its accompanied by an appreciation in the value of the stock.