It makes a lot of sense, the visualization definitely helps wrap my head around everything.

When you say resort property, I was visualizing a time-share or similar product.

I've read a few books and gotten tips here and there, however to confirm my true newbie-ness, I am having trouble visualizing everything and how the process works.

Every draw request is based on visual inspection by a licensed property inspector. 

Just showing people an example of what you’re looking to do will help them visualize and possibly get them to open their pocketbook in the future.

Big mistake not visually confirming they had a car .

Awesome response Alina.I like the Warren Buffett quote and I don't even want to visualize getting nine women pregnant :)Seriously, I totally agree that it takes time and relationship building is key.Having said that, here are some "out of the box" ideas for raising capital for apartment buildings: (coincidentally, I consider myself an "outsider" as I was not trained by the apartment gurus and  am not fishing in the same pond)1.

@Chris VanderlooHey Chris some other thoughts, and I'm surprised not more have weighed in:Some analytics / data visualization that shows Variables like: price changes over different time periods (either based on estimates like Zestimates or actual sale data), in some cases, steep/rapid changes, or acceleration may be a window into when an area is getting that critical mass to move forward - I'm thinking a heat map etc after scraping price info over time - by the way, the Zestimate I've found the historical graph is not the ACTUAL historical Zestimate, (for whatever reason)Scraping the note world (paperstac, Note MLS) to again look for rapid changes in default rates or other relevant info that'd be leading indicator for pricing - note this would need more brainstormingWe use Monday.com - if there was a plug-in or something that'd help very specifically handle RE projects, especially as we onboard other people, that'd be great.Platform for specifically detailing projects for bid - something different than the Homeadvisor model, though - If we as investors could see actual historical labor rates on a per unit basis, this would be great. 

was the 'No leak or environmental damage" based on visual observation or sampling? 

Should I take pictures to help visualize what the dilemma looks like?