For instance, I wasn't yet sure if I wanted to paint the brick exterior.

For instance, because its my passion and its the specific people I like to work with, I happen to have some knowledge that virtually most other agents within my own company don't have.

The overall footprint of this building in the complex was decreased by 2/3 in this instance.  

lot values will generally be 1/5 th to 1/3rd of the all in price dependinglower number for lower end values higher number for 1.5 mil and up... so for instance in our day to day world if I have a product going out the door right now in PDX or CHS market were we are currently active I want to hit  1/4 for the dirt or less... we have 360k product in PDX all in is 75k on dirt this leaves us with our build cost here at 15% profit on GROSS. in CHS  we can go a little higher on dirt as building permits are much cheaper there and sales prices a little higher.. so 100k for a lot for 375 to 425 is fine.. and then of course anything that is less expensive works.. but those are rules of thumb most builders use in most markets.  

For instance, I'm about to list a new rental for roughly $2,000.

Who to have on your Real Estate TeamJim Rohn famously said that we are the average of the five people we spend the most time with.

For instance Portland were we are at did not make the list  we have less than a 1% vacancy and pert near 99% collection rate... what do you think that is in the top market like Detroit.. and I am talking market rents not subsidized rents which skew the reports.

For instance, our platform uses the Private Funds Adviser exemption to operate:https://www.ssb.texas.gov/securities-professionals...and has absolutely ZERO interaction with FINRA.  

i can count 4 instances off the top of my head within the past 30 days in which someone told me:  "the numbers look good, the location is good, etc., but since it's been on market for a while and/or failed an inspection or feasibility i'm not interested.  

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