Brodsky & Smith, LLC is a litigation law firm with extensive expertise representing shareholders throughout the nation in securities and case action lawsuits.

I would have a serious discussion with them and/or a civil engineer who specializes in concrete about how they recommend you lay your baseplates ... trying to secure your framing to the external walls is not a practical approach (i would need to dig into the math to decide if it would have sufficient integrity), beside what will you do for internal walls?

Which means that even if you buy an older apartment that should be grandfathered, the fact that you are a new owner of the property means you may be responsible for getting the building up to current code requirements.I recommend going to a local real estate club and look to partner with some experienced investors in your area on the first deal or two so that you can learn the ropes much quicker.Getting a job as a leasing agent will allow you learn some of the ropes but those jobs typically do not pay very well and you might be better off just getting your real estate agent license and start the four year clock until you can get your brokers license.Property management also has one of the highest litigation rates which means that most brokers severly limit who can manage properties under their umbrella and most will not allow you to manage other properties yourself if you report to them.

Just want to point out another great benefit to Bigger Pockets illuminated by this thread, is the fact that you can have a thread like this with people having very objective and civilized thoughts and discussion on such a topic.

The plan now may be waiting on market changes building nicer homes than originally proposed.Lots of assumptions can be made.Best way to learn in the developing arena is 1. get with a developer and prostitute yourself with labor to hang around and learn or 2. do the same with a civil engineer that is active in developments.

We were at Tinker active duty, then went Civil Service with the Army in Italy.

My focus is (most relevant here) real-estate litigation, as well as business litigation, appellate, and antitrust.

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The investors will always point fingers no matter who is at fault,  and if its bad enough and litigation ensues then the portal and the sponsor will get dragged into it...

I live in Texas, so I'm a little familiar with some civil law from these parts.