All Forum Posts by: Karen Margrave

Business has been closed since Covid. Owners decided to retire. Landmark building that houses store, with refrigerators, freezers, shelving, etc. It's the only store and/or food service for miles. This has so much potential for someone that loves the country life, and people! It can be made into the community hangout.

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Karen Margrave

American Real Estate- LPT Realty, Inc.

DRE: 00848454

Phone/text: 530-782-1800

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Redding, California

Real Estate Agent

Post: Selling Land To Home Builders

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted July 09, 2025 19:33

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
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Quote from @John Lewis:

Hello! I am a raw land agent who is new to the business. There has been a lot of development activity in my area of Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in terms of building. My brokerage does Agricultural land, Vacant Land and Recreational Land. I've been talking with some farmers on the outskirts of Rochester, MN that were looking to sell part of their holdings to land developers like Lennar, DR Horton, et cetera. Let's say zoning is not an issue. What does this process look like? I want to help them the best way I can. A lot of this interest is sudden given housing demand and not many people I work with have any experience doing this.

There's a lot to learn about land development. When buying land developers need to be able to determine what all the costs involved will be. The cost of the land, putting in the infrastructure that will be required, curb, gutter, sidewalks, underground utilities, (sewer, water, electric) Roads, Permits. Subdivision map. Every area of the country is different, and every city, etc. Therefor you need to know the requirements for yours. Civil engineers are the ones that handle most of this stuff, and can be a good resource. See if you can meet wit one sometime, and pick their brains. Or, here on BP you might do a post an ask for ANY CIVIL ENGINEERS IN MINNESOTA? Good luck.

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Rochester, Minnesota

Real Estate Agent

Post: Realtors, what was the toughest part about getting your CRM set up properly?

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted July 09, 2025 19:26

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
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Following this! What CRM platform is everyone using? Do you have a website and your leads go directly there, or ? I have Liondesk with my website, also NAR has connections with Liondesk.

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Classifieds

Post: BRING THE HORSES, HITCH THE BOAT. 2+ ACRES with Sacramento River frontage.

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted April 25, 2025 13:37

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
Posts 7,632
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22425 Brent Rd. Red Bluff, CA 96080

I added a link for several listings in Redding, CA and one for Red Bluff, which is adjoining area ( See Brent Rd.) It features 2+ Acres, fenced for horses. Stable, Outbuildings. Situated on the Sacramento River. Asking $750,000 which is an incredible price. Talk to Tehama County Planning regarding STR. Boat launch nearby. Hundreds of acres of open space for riding.

Redding, CA - Something for everyone

Karen Margrave

American Real Estate - LPT Realty, Inc.

DRE: 99848454,00248983

PHONE/TEXT 530-782-1800

www.realtor530.com Please contact me if you want to discuss the unique market we have in the Redding area, or if you're looking for someting specific. I'm the local expert, with experience in real estate, construction, and development. Let's Talk!

#Redding #ShastaCounty #Horses #fishing #STR #Reddinghomes #Reddingrealestate #Reddingagent #Reddingcontractor #Redbluff #horseproperty #Riverproperty #Sacramentoriver #fishingproperty

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Redding, California

Buying & Selling Real Estate

Post: REDDING, CA INVESTORS

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted March 17, 2025 15:21

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
Posts 7,632
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Hello everyone!! I'm going to be getting a meetup going for the Redding area if there's enough interest. I've actually started meetups in Orange County, and Bend, Oregon, that did very well. For some reason the mindset of Redding investors is a little different, and I haven't been able to get one to take root. Please comment if you're interested in a Redding Meetup. What types of properties are you focusing on? Are you into LTR, STR, Multi unit, land development, funding projects, or ? I'd like to know so that I can find guest speakers that bring value to the meetings.

We did spec new construction for years, but the past few years haven't made since for spec building. Hoping fuel prices and rates come down, and things turn around. I have some great projects stored in my head!! Please call or text me if you have questions, it's the fastest way to catch me! Areas:Redding, Anderson, Cottonwood, Palo Cedro, Millville, Red Bluff, Tehama County, Shasta Lake, Lake Shasta

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Buying & Selling Real Estate

Post: Shared Housing Business

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted February 02, 2025 15:53

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
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Quote from @Grant Shipman:

Quote from @Jonathan Greene:

Do you mean co-living? Are you going to live there also, or do you want to operate a shared housing model in a single-family home with tenants?

If you meant co-living, look up @Grant Shipman, that is what he does.

Can you please explain or point me to a post that tells us what your model is? What's the difference between co living and shared housing? In the area where I am in CA, prices are through the roof, as is demand, therefore; we have a lot of homes sold for shared housing situations.

I'm happy to help! Also, check out Jon's podcast if you haven't yet!

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Land & New Construction

Post: Creative ideas for vacant land in kern county CA

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted January 25, 2025 18:45

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
Posts 7,632
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What is the zoning? What is the neighborhood like? The devil is in the details. We built a duplex at 219 Avenida de la Grulla in San Clemente, on a 4000 sq. ft. lot. It was 3 stories, with rooftop ocean view decks. In Capistrano Beach, at 27111 Paseo Pinzon, Dana Point, CA we built a 3440 sq. ft. home, 2 stories, with rooftop ocean view decks. Those were in 2017. What you need to do is figure out what the set backs are that are required, and see what you can do. In some of those areas there are those row houses, built on lots that are 3000 s.f. sometimes. It just takes good design. My son designed these. No, he's not an architect, he drew all designs, floor plan, site plan, etc, and we had a structural engineer design his part, and paid an architect to sign off on them. Orange County Projects @Bryant Brislin

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Innovative Strategies

Post: What do you think of this concept for Seniors, Students, etc.?

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted January 25, 2025 18:19

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
Posts 7,632
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Years ago I had posted about Shared living. You mentioned you might be doing something like that. I never did do it, I ended up selling my house that I was thinking of using for that purpose. Life took some twists after my husband passed away... Anyway, here I am many years later, a senior myself at 71, and living in Redding, CA, and thinking of doing a senior project.

Quote from @Roy N.:

@Karen Margrave

Good to see you back here.

When I was a midshipman a thousand years ago, we had accommodations similar to this, though our "micro-units house 2 or 3 cadets. Being the military, it had that definite institutional overtone to it, but the basic premise was the same.

I recently toured a new senior's complex in which on end - for those who were still relatively self sufficient - had individual units (bedroom, sitting room / kitchenette ... effectively a bachelor apartment but without a full kitchen) clustered together in groups of 4 with their own common room / kitchen and courtyard.

On the other side of the complex were units for those who required more assisted living. They were similarly organized, but did not have kitchenettes (and I do not think all has sitting rooms). Each grouping had a common room (perhaps it was shared by multiple groupings ... this was a detail I missed) with a nurses/aid workers office.

Central to the two sides of the complex were common facilities such as a dining hall, gym {perhaps a pool ... another detail I missed}, theatre & games room.

With one of the fastest growing groups in our society being single people, we are examining a related idea of a complex / building providing a modest-sized 1-bdroom "apartment" with more semi-private and common amenities.

When I read the title to your thread, I thought it was a project proposing to mix students and seniors into a single complex ... and came in thinking, this ought to be interesting :-)

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New Member Introductions

Post: New to real estate & building a pocket neighborhood!

Karen Margrave

ModeratorPosted January 25, 2025 18:13

Realtor, General Contractor, and Developer
Redding, CA & Bend OR
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Curious, did you ever start your project?

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Denver, Colorado

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