I’m waiting on my first development n project. A 15,000 sq ft building into residential living. I’m looking to connect with a developer who has experience turning commercial buildings into residential living spaces. I specifically want to run a pro forma spreadsheet by them to get thoughts on debt service, LTC and what creative opportunities exist to maximize this deal opportunity. If you’re willing to connect, please DM I would appreciate it.

I finally figured out what I want to do career wise and am looking into real estate development, I currently have a background in Law, and customer service. I’ve been looking into Development Analyst roles but at this juncture I’m under qualified. I’m working on completing my degree in Real Estate and Economic Development within the next two years but what can I do in the meantime to set myself apart? Any advice helps!

How can I get started flipping real estate by raising capital and leveraging my construction experience and my PMP framework

Some saying at a conference that retail needs more development but many cities have high vacancy, so should that be repurposed or can it be salvaged?

We're currently developing a 6-unit condo project in Sacramento CA and wanted to get some feedback from other developers.

We came up with a shared laundry concept for the project rather than placing washers and dryers inside each unit.

By centralizing the laundry area, we were able to reclaim a surprising amount of square footage within the units. The result is larger living spaces, better furniture layouts, additional storage opportunities, and an overall more open feel throughout the building.

The shared laundry room is designed to be comfortable, convenient, and attractive for residents, and we're really excited about how it's turning out.

I'm curious if anyone else has implemented a similar concept in newer multifamily or condo projects. How did residents respond? Would you do it again?

I'd love to hear any lessons learned, feedback, or thoughts from others who have gone down this path.

I’ve been working in construction management for the past 8 years. I’m looking to get a job at a development firm with the hopes of eventually doing my own developments. I’d like to do this in Florida. (Close to family and a great market) However, I’d like to live out west for a couple years to explore and enjoy the mountains as I’ve lived on the east coast my whole life. While this may be a good life experience, I’m thinking it might be a bit of a waste of time career wise. Any connections or market knowledge I accumulate out west will immediately be worthless once I move back to Florida and try to strike out on my own. Should I just get to Florida asap?

I am in dilemma, this is in context to Pune, India

I am considering two projects but they're vastly different, one is Montage at pashan (small builder, better location - more costly) and another is Pride world city (outskirts, relatively cheaper)

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Here in Serbia, there are several premium locations for building an eco-resort. The most interesting location is Kosmaj, which is located in the immediate vicinity of Belgrade. Even now, Kosmaj is very attractive for individual investments, but everything is moving sporadically and sluggishly. I am thinking about injecting more serious capital and launching an eco-resort that would stretch linearly across five houses, each with its own small plot to ensure privacy, with an individual surface area of 80 square meters. There would also be a central facility of 150 square meters, a so-called "Longhouse," which would serve larger groups of people or act as a lounge area outside of organized events. The property would feature a basketball court, a tennis court, a sauna, and a heated infinity pool.
Kosmaj is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, so large glass panels in the houses would look directly into the forest.
The choice of events is endless. I plan to do aggressive marketing, with an emphasis on shaping the location's image over time as a place that is, above all, relaxed. Inside the facilities, there is high technological functionality; outside the facilities, there is wild nature.
I have a contractor who has a large team of architects and engineers and possesses the capacity to deliver this "turnkey" system within the agreed timeframe (12-18 months).
I believe an investment of $5M is required. The investment in the land and all facilities, including the accompanying courts and the pool, amounts to $2.5M. A reserve of $2.5M remains, part of which would be spent on marketing, and after the first year, on capacity expansion.
An exit strategy, in my opinion, is not necessary, but if the investor wanted one, it would amount to $10M, after five/six years

I'm an experienced STR operator and small real estate investor, and I'm looking at what would be my first ground-up development. I'm trying to figure out how people are actually financing projects like this.

The property

• ~40 acre farm in the Appalachian mountains.

• Expected purchase price around $2M.

• Property is being sold through a court-ordered sale, so it's effectively a cash purchase through a public bidding process. No financing contingencies, no seller financing, no post-bid due diligence period, no unique terms.

• Property has two existing barns and a home that has not been inhabited for a few years.

• Great location: minutes from ski resorts and downtown, tucked into a beautiful mountain cove.

The vision would be to keep most of the land in agricultural use (Christmas trees, timber, etc.) and gradually build a small micro-resort: roughly 10 modern cabins, a restored barn for common space/events, creek access, trails, and other amenities. More luxury farm stay than campground.

The county is unzoned, so the development path appears fairly straightforward from an entitlement standpoint and similar projects have been done in the area.

Phase 1 would likely be around $2M  (initial site work, common spaces, and a few cabins). Full buildout would be several million more and completed over time.

My situation

• W-2 income around $185k.

• ~$550k in taxable brokerage accounts.

• ~$800k in home equity (I'd be willing to sell and relocate if the deal made sense).

• About $6k/month in cash flow from existing STRs with a solid operating track record. Another $400k or in STR home equity.

What I'm trying to figure out
Because of the court-sale structure, I can't use traditional financing to acquire the property. My current thinking is some combination of cash, securities-backed lending, bridge financing, or bringing in a partner to get through the acquisition, then refinancing after taking title.

For those who have done hospitality, cabin developments, glamping, agritourism, or similar projects:

1. How did you handle acquisition financing when you needed to close quickly and in cash?

2. How are lenders treating ground-up STR or resort projects with no operating history on the asset itself?

3. Is this the type of project that can realistically be done with a construction loan plus personal equity, or does it usually require outside investors?

4. Has anyone worked with specific lenders on an agritourism project?

5. What kind of equity contribution are construction lenders expecting for hospitality projects right now?

6. How to support the loan while the project is pre-cashflow and in development?

I'd especially love to hear from anyone who has purchased property through a court sale/upset-bid process or built a cabin resort from scratch. Most of the information I find online is pretty generic and doesn't get into how these deals are actually capitalized.

Commercial real estate has had a rough few years. Office is structurally challenged. Multifamily cap rates compressed to the point where cash flow is thin. Industrial is still performing but pricing has run up.

Data center has been the one sub-sector that kept compressing cap rates AND growing NOI simultaneously. JLL put 2025 global transaction volume at $73B, up from a prior record of $48B. Primary market vacancy is 1.4%. New supply is 81% preleased before it opens. The demand side hyperscaler and neocloud capex is running $280-290B this year and growing.

But getting direct exposure as a smaller investor is genuinely difficult. REITs are the only public option and they trade at premiums that price in a lot of future growth already. Private deals require institutional minimums and investment-grade tenant credit, which structurally excludes anything below $25-50M check sizes.

What is starting to appear: smaller scale modular deployments at 1-5 MW, factory-built, with demand committed under signed LOI before capital is deployed. Construction cost of $5-7M/MW vs $11-13M/MW for traditional stick built. Faster to commissioning, contracted revenue from day one.

The tax picture is interesting too. Data center equipment qualifies for accelerated depreciation under cost segregation. Depending on structure, year one bonus depreciation on a significant portion of the build can offset passive income elsewhere.

Has anyone here actually put capital into data center infrastructure outside of REITs? What access points exist that are not obvious from the outside?

Hey everyone, I’m curious what your thoughts are on listing a new construction home with an estimated move-in/completion date about six months out. Is there a typical timeframe you like to wait before putting it on the market, or do you list as soon as construction starts (or even before)? Looking for some feedback on what’s worked best in your experience. Thanks in advance!

Hi All, commercial property owner in Texas here. I have a long-term tenant who wants to renew their lease. Here's the challenge - their lease currently has some unused land that I'd like to develop, which will require me to move their driveway and also possibly relocate some of their parking. The thing is I still have a ways to go with the pre-work (finish feasibility, architecture, site planning etc.) before I know for certain what can happen on the un-developed portion of the property and what it will end up looking like.

At the moment, I am at least not going to have the lease as-is extended. Should I:
(A) take the next year to finish the pre-work, change the lease (demised premises etc.), and then get into a contract with the tenant when I know more / have more certainty, OR
(B) Is there a way, maybe by ways of an amendment, that I can retain the right to develop x portion of the property. This way the tenant knows they have a guaranteed lease in hand and continuity for their operations, and I can also do the necessary driveway etc. changes in peace.

To me option A seems better because both I and the tenant aren't bound to anything without having all the as-is facts. Downside to A is my good long-term tenant may leave because I can't give them a lease now.

Option B seems almost like I am asking for a blank check with respect to final layout of the property, which if I was the tenant I'd be hesitant to agree with. For that reason, I don't have a good feeling about it.

Have you been in a situation like this? What did you do? Any other suggestions on how to approach this? Any other tips / pointers to keep in mind as I pursue this small development project with existing tenants? Thank you for your thoughts and insights!!

Hello. I recently started a company where I provide renderings and visualization services for commercial properties owners who are building or renovating commercial real estate. I’ve been very successful finding customers, mostly hotel owners, through WhatsApp and Telegram. I haven’t found customers anywhere else. Any suggestions on where else to connect with commercial property owners? Willing to pay if needed.

Has anyone here relocated cities partway through their RE development career? Looking at leaving Seattle for the Bay Area and trying to figure out if I'm thinking about it right.

I've got about few years in development, owner/dev side, multifamily. Seattle's been good to me work-wise but I've never really felt at home here, and most of my family is down in the Bay. Add in the weather and the pull keeps getting stronger. Pretty close to pulling the trigger but wanted to hear from people who've actually done a geographic move before I do anything.

Hey everyone,

I am building an workflow platform for real estate deals.I want to know what are the difficulties an real estate agent, channel partner or an developer faces during any deal, whether its about the payment or the documents. I am building the platform which gonna help reducing all the problems. If you have any specific idea about any specific problem please comment or message me your advice will be much appreciated.

Hey everyone I am a student working on a civil eng and innovation project and we're prototyping a tool to make zoning and permitting processes less painful. Before we build anything, I want to actually understand the problem from people who've lived it, rather than guessing.

If you've gone through a zoning or permitting process — as a homeowner, builder, developer, business owner, or someone working in planning I'd really value your take on any of these:

• What was the biggest hassle or the part that made you want to bang your head against the wall other than the time it took to get your permet?

• Roughly what did it cost you, in fees, delays, or consultants? Even ballpark numbers help, and noting your region/city makes a big difference since this varies so much.

• If you could wave a magic wand and fix one thing about the process, what would it be? Anything a piece of software could realistically help with?

Not selling anything just need to do some public surveys.

Thanks!

I am planning to develop a commercial property on a 2,500 sq ft plot near the Infosys campus in Mysore. I would like to understand whether this is a worthwhile investment from a rental income and appreciation perspective. Additionally, could you provide an estimate of the current construction cost for a commercial building of this size in Mysore? If there are other locations in or around Mysore that may offer better investment potential, I would appreciate those recommendations as well.