He has extensive experience as a fabricator for experiential marketing including trade shows, fashion week, window installation, theatre/film/print, and custom furniture.

There's nothing wrong with doing it the old fashioned way though, and that's what many real estate developers have done in the past to fund their own deals.

first talk to a good real estate broker that specialize's in land in that area.. that will give you a baseline value. and remember in CA there are millions of parcels like this throughout the state legally created lots .. that are either no buildable and or not economically buildable.commercial enterprise on 3 acres is not feasible in any fashion.

But the GC is skilled (or should be) in orchestrating the schedule and timing of all the trades and keeping things going in a timely fashion.

Chinatown/Market East has Reading Terminal, the fashion outlets opening soon, and the beginning of Rail Park which I believe should increase home values.

:I think it's worth mentioning that you can put tile over plywood but it might not hold up as well and I would use polymer-modified thinset instead of regular thinsetI also skip underlayment on laminates that don't have underpad attached because I don't see much added value in the underlayment If you are laying tile over plywood, or any subfloor other than concrete, you want to first make certain your subfloor is stable - no vertical deflection - and then use an uncoupling membrane (ditra, protegga, old-fashioned felt & wire {if you have the skill, but the newer membrane products are better}, etc) to absorb any remaining movement in your subfloor.

Be ready to validate her concerns while coming with real legal precedent to say "yes but it's not actually legal to withhold rent in the fashion that you are.  

I normally walk around the house squirting dollar general generic febreeze like I'm m shooting two handguns in cheesy action movie dramatic fashion.

Being a landlord was a strange possibility for me at one time, so was executing a land contract in a sub2 fashion until it happened.

Just because they shouldn't be there doesn't give you the right to steal them.But call me old fashioned - I guess that's the Realtor ethics coming through.