You tied up 70k and a minimum of 6 months just to go through this process. 

.• Understanding the rehab budget draw process: After you close on a rehab loan, your rehab budget is not handed to you at closing.

Eviction and foreclosure are two common real estate processes where you always want to use a lawyer from beginning to end.

Favorable Zoning: Griffin’s “MDR in-fill” zoning allows for smaller homes on compact lots without the need for variances, simplifying the building process.

A good broker remains transparent throughout the process, providing regular updates on loan applications, lender responses, and any emerging challenges.

How many times a year do you go through that process? 

Getting all corrections made at once and an expedited fashion, for example city asked for 10 things to be corrected by designer, get plans back get all corrections made within one to two days (this is a slow process at times, sometimes this is one of the biggest time killer).

Ironically, platforms designed for real estate (Zillow, Apartments.com, Rentler, etc.) produce very few tenants for me, compared to FB Marketplace (and I also find a lot of their functionality to be user un-friendly, from the landlord side). ...you'd think that platforms custom-made for real estate would make the process a snap for landlords, but it takes me a lot longer to post and manage rental listings on Zillow or Rentler than it did on Craigslist.

My initial investment was directed toward the new Turks & Caicos location, but it's still in the developmental process.

This is part of my loan process - a discovery and strategy session with the client to understand their scenario, future plans, and overall situation so I can structure the loan to fit into it.