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9 December 2024 | 21 replies
So far there is some indication of a little uptick for 2025 booking - I've already booked out a few weeks beyond the winter, which is when I go down and take care of maintenance and repairs - and in the summer, but traffic and inquiries are way, way down.If you feel like seeing a blood bath, just pull up the MLS and look at the Margaritaville development.
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9 December 2024 | 16 replies
And I am constantly looking for new areas for growth.I started flipping land (owned almost 80 lots out there at one time) about four years ago then got into acting as developer where we I had builders build a couple of cabins and flipped them to end buyers.
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3 December 2024 | 14 replies
I would probably refi into a DSCR loan.Aside from a relatively inexperienced builder and the risk of a development that isn't "established" yet, what am I missing?
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4 December 2024 | 3 replies
It is important to look for locations with strong economic growth, rising demand for housing, employment, vacation and infrastructure developments, as well as properties that offer the potential for value appreciation or steady cash flow.
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2 December 2024 | 11 replies
I see that you're a developer so if you were to build apartments instead, you might want to look at data specifically for apartments instead of lumping in houses/townhomes.
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10 December 2024 | 100 replies
Established, mostly-German automotive technology coincided with the development of large-scale mass production techniques and a manure-pollution crisis in burgeoning U.S. cities to create massive demand for his product.
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3 December 2024 | 22 replies
But do note that there are many of these "resort-developments" in the area.
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7 December 2024 | 8 replies
@Nicholas L.What Nicholas said.I would also develop a list of buyers and what their buy boxes are.
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4 December 2024 | 5 replies
Relationships often lead to off-market deals and valuable partnerships.Consider targeting up-and-coming neighborhoods or distressed properties in areas seeing new development or infrastructure improvements.If you’re exploring commercial, maybe start with small multifamily units (like duplexes or fourplexes) before diving into larger complexes.I’d love to connect and possibly collaborate.