This group doesn't pretend to be a REIA type,  is for the newbies of this area to get together and exchange ideas and talk about what is our passion.

I'm a normal guy, and don't pretend to be smarter than the next.

They all just think mailing some crappy postcard or letter that pretends they have piles of cash is going to trigger (key word there!)

It's the lens I'm familiar with, being that I'm not an economist and do not pretend to be. :)"It sounds like you're in residential lending so you know very few banks will keep long term fixed rate debt on their books.

BUSINESS LEVEL VS MACRO@Arlen Chou, Don't pretend you can't see a chart going from upper left to the lower right Arlen!

A big part of your job is filtering out the flakes and pretenders, something us listing agents are used to.

The one thing that stood out to me is that, it sounded like you were managing some of the project, like the mechanicals and so on, honestly it only complicates things for contratros when home-owners become pretend contractors, consider having a calm discussion and seeking an amicable resolution before getting to hasty. 

You all invented the wheel; it isn't my place to complicate my journey, and tie up deals which you could have closed, by wandering around your market pretending to know what I'm doing for something as useless as my ego!

NoThis post is old and the OP probably moved on, but for the record, you may have the same zoning code than a building few blocks away, but the property may be subject to additional zonings, city ordinances, and agencies constraints that differ from the other one, and the code changes over time.You do not need schematic designs but a title analysis for potential easements, code and zoning analysis and a detailled financial feasibility study.Let me give you a couple of simple examples(based on my own experience) illustrating why this assumption is dangerous.In Los Angeles like in many other cities, you have houses and buildings built as early as 1910s -1920s Let's say you plan to demo a crumbling apartment building and plan to build a new one; let's pretend the zoning allows it, the setbacks are good, the floor area ratio is ok, you do not have insanely expensive lead paint or asbestos abatement and disposal to do; everything looks good and you go ahead with the demolition.

Anyone can create a website and pretend to be a prognosticator but it doesn't make it true