How do I find development sites in Brisbane?

Three ways to find development sites in Brisbane (or anywhere in SEQ):

1. Manual REA / Domain scanning. Set saved-search alerts for 'subdivision potential', 'duplex potential', 'developer's dream' keywords. Cheap but low-signal — agents flag every block as 'potential' and you'll waste weekends on listings that don't pencil. Volume problem: hundreds of listings per week across SEQ; you can't actually read them all.

2. Buyers' agent retainer. Engage a development-focused buyers' agent on a $5,000–$15,000/month retainer. They do the manual scanning, council-cross-referencing, and feasibility for you. Works well — but the cost is meaningful, and the bandwidth is limited (most BAs work 5–10 sites a week, not 500).

3. Daily AI-scored briefs. Casa Daily reads every fresh REA listing across SEQ overnight, scores each one against the live council planning scheme, the lot's actual geometry, and 800,000+ historical DA records, and emails you the 5-10 highest-scored opportunities at 06:30 AEST every morning. $500/month, no retainer, no minimum term, cancel any time.

The Casa Daily case: small developers and mum-and-dad investors typically recoup the $500/month subscription on the first deal Casa Daily flags. The product replaces the manual scanning step and the bottom 60% of a buyers' agent's workflow — leaving you to spend energy on inspections, design, and execution rather than discovery.

More detail: [How Casa Daily compares to REA saved searches](/compare/rea-saved-search) and [Casa Daily for first-time developers](/for/first-time-developers).