It's amazing how people on these voting committees single in on issues that should not stand in the way of community progress like landscaping, parking, and dog parks.

Though certainly they can sell for more than they cost to build. amazing strategy 

In working on construction loan financing, the lender informed me I'll need to unencumber that portion of the property (makes sense) before closing on the construction loan.I understand there to be two methods generally speaking: refinancing my mortgage and removing that portion of the property in the process OR attaining a partial release from the lender to remove that land.I *strongly* want to avoid refinancing as I have an amazing rate, but partial releases seem complex and also require a survey.

Quote from @Elizabeth Rose: @Josh Bowser this tip of doing a quick search on county GIS or software to see if homes in a neighborhood are owned in personal names or LLCs is gold, thank you!

I don't remember their names but people from the War College helped us redo the electrical and plumbing for cost which was amazing.

I found some amazing tutorials on YouTube itself that taught me the basics of video editing and optimizing titles and thumbnails.

Digitize physical receipts for easy storage and use a consistent naming convention for easy sorting - 2024.03.25 Home Depot.Maintain proper records, such as contracts, settlement statements, and promissory notes.Additionally, you can track income and expenses consistently using software or spreadsheets.As you scale, if bookkeeping isn't fun, consider hiring a bookkeeper for a couple hundred bucks per month.

Rental market is amazing and you will not have any issues finding tenants for your properties and the price points to purchase are definitely enticing.

Quote from @Ryan Ludwick: Hey, I just joined the platform and wanted to introduce myself and say hi.I'm a software engineer, currently based out of Portland, OR.

Grateful to be part of this amazing community of go-getters and game-changers.