If the project is small (within your budget), like 3-4 houses, it won't be bad to start looking and exploring.
if you mix too much with Chickens, sooner or later, you will think and talk like chickens. IF you are an eagle in the midst of Chickens, there will be a time you need to take a stand and be different from the Chickens. Chickens make noises and not doers, they imitate what others do.
Only the top 3% people are successful and wealthy. There is a reason for that.