The city has been re-inventing itself over the last decade, downtown looks very different, we are currently getting an upgraded freeway system and you see a lot of new developments.

Find some great design ideas and copy them.Don't reinvent the wheel just leverage what others have already done.

I only needed to verify them and generally their conclusions, but there was no sense in reinventing the wheel from scratch. 

Essentially the reason I was successful in my first year of real estate was not reinventing any wheels.

I've had out of state rentals since 1997, and started by following others that had already done all the research and ground work - there was no reason to reinvent the wheel.

Presumably you can also protect against this with the aforementioned neighborhood growth trends.Everyone is trying to reinvent the wheel.

Any input would be appreciated. don't do townhouses that's crazy. three story walk ups. don't reinvent the wheel. make them way smaller. 2 beds, 700 sq ft. check some posts I have online I have Floorplans and elevations of the triplex we build infill for Columbus Ohio 

I am not trying to reinvent the wheel and looking for a format.

All the tools already in place, you don't have to reinvent the wheel. 

I did what he taught and did not try to reinvent the wheel.