I just added solar to the project this year.

How do you gain more confidence as an LP? By reviewing sponsor after sponsor, and deal after deal to uncover what sets apart the good from the bad. 
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And yes, I've done fire restoration projects. 

Beyond the lessons from the projects themselves, building a business that’s efficient, diversified, and focused on the luxury market has been a game-changer.

Even though they don't need major projects or much maintenance, now that we're parents and don't live there, it's still annoying when things come up. 

@Otis Clayton To partner in real estate effectively, establish a clear structure like an LLC for liability protection or a Joint Venture for single projects.

Personally I was not stoked on the engagement fee and on that particular project, the listing agent (who promised to notify us if anyone else was kicking the tires on the lots) sold one of them and the project didn't make sense at the new number or units. 

The answer is that if the lender that's doing the hard money loan is only funding the purchase and not the rehab, they then have less oversight of the project since they're not doing the draws, and thus not seeing the progress of the project and having control of the funds or draws from the rehab to make sure the project is progressing.

Nightly rates: Yes, but the benchmarks should also be lower.Year 2 turnaround: What strategies could we implement to project a higher ROI in our second year?

Generally larger commercial properties and shopping centers are easier to classify with hard and fast rules, but to the points above the residential areas really move very quickly and have way more nuance than most people care to admit.zip codes are generally way too large for my liking at least in my market to provide any kind of insights other than macro level economics but even then highways or rivers that cut through a zip code can end up with totally different trade areas.we can get pretty granular with cellphone data and with grocery center data to understand the trade areas and their true boundaries, but that kind of data pull is generally only cost effective for investors doing larger scale projects or developments, and honestly we still just end up getting on the ground and feeling it out, so I generally tell people that the money is better spent on a plane ticket and weekend trip in the area you are looking rather than any kind of "trade area" level data studies.and generally B class in 1 area means something different than another.