You can control the investor's ability to exercise the option... placing "not exercisable before" type language in the document.Options are advantageous over JV to avoid partner disagreements. 

This cost variability depends on factors such as system design, property size, soil type, and system capacity requirements.

Most times, it's the community that attracts a certain type of clientele (not the other way around). 

Sometimes it can be tough to get any type of financing. 

I built our service for the average investor vs the big corporate types ones. 

If the houses look run down, not kept up, it's most likely not Class A  and look at what's surrounding the neighborhood as far as types of businesses (check cashing, bars on their windows).Bay Area (it can be neighborhood by neighborhood and street by street) I don't know the Peninsula well but expensive Palo Alto would be Class A to me:Class A: Orinda, Lafayette, Moraga, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, Danville, Dublin, Pleasanton, maybe parts of Pleasant Hill and Concord, parts of  Pinole?

If it’s the former, that’s likely a myth for this type of project; the latter is understandably frustrating and costly if financing involved.

I would love feedback on what kind of fees attorneys charge for this type of transaction, especially since I know a lot of investors create an LLC per property.

Not to change topics, but what I find most alarming is a popular movement of syndicators educating other want to be syndicators on how to raise money and syndicate multi-family deals and other investments.

California has some unrealistic home values right now on top of extremely high taxes and HOA if your in certain areas or property types.