One nice thing about this version of the real estate business is that its in some ways less speculative than on land. A land developer must often risk a large chunk of money on a piece of land or a building. Because seasteads are modular and expandable, the developer can start small - like building a skyscraper a few floors at a time. If successful, profits can be rolled into further expansion. Since there is plenty of room on the ocean, this means no ceiling to the potential profits from the initial stake. This goes a long way to making up for the uncertainty due to the novelty of the seastead business [Hunting2001].