Hi everyone,I’m a professional real estate developer based in Central Florida near Orlando.Background: licensed architect with deep experience in residential subdivisions, underwriting, entitlements, building permits, construction management, and maintaining extensive contacts with national home builders.My specialization is converting raw land into paper or finished home lots for sale to national and regional home builders.

At what point did commercial assets make more sense for your portfolio than continuing with residential rentals?

Hello everyone. we are looking to financing a commercial and residential foreclosure property. we bought this property through county judicial foreclosure process.

Hi everyone,I’m a professional real estate developerbased in Central Florida near Orlando.Background: licensed architect with deepexperience in residential subdivisions, underwriting, entitlements, buildingpermits, construction management, and maintaining extensive contacts withnational home builders.My specialization is converting raw land intopaper or finished home lots for sale to national and regional home builders.

I recently paddled my canoe from Washington to Florida and upon accepting a stable job and returning to the Green Bay area I have been looking into house hacking.

Context: Targeting performing residential 1st position notes – $100K+ UPB, 12+ months current, <75% LTV nationwide.

Many residential real estate investors eventually look to transition into multifamily or commercial real estate, but the process can feel like a major step forward with a new set of challenges.In conversations I’ve had with investors, the most common obstacles often seem to be:Learning how to raise capital for larger transactionsConnecting with experienced investment partnersGaining access to stronger and more consistent deal flowFor those who have already made the transition, what was the single biggest challenge you faced when moving from residential into commercial investing?

For those interested to know how developers turn raw land into approved residential lots, here are a few thoughts from someone who does this everyday.  

I recently had a Title agent mention the upcoming FinCen Residential Real Estate (RRE) requirements starting March 1, 2026 and asked if I was a "lender with a regulated AML program."   

If that's 2-4 units, that's still residential, but over 5 units is commercial.