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Read three consulting proposals for a portfolio review this month. All three had the same structure. Data gathering, stakeholder interviews, scenario modeling, findings presentati…
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I'm planning a first purchase and someone in another thread suggested paying a consultant to look over the market I'm circling before I commit. When I emailed two of them, one quo…
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I've been looking at small rentals in a rural county for a while and a few people who own land out here have started asking me what I think about their properties, mostly because…
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Owner has a 96-unit 1980s garden complex, 71% occupied, in-place rents about 380 under a comp set I don't fully trust. They want advice on whether to reposition or sell as-is. Sco…
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Sitting on an engagement where I built the operating model for a 180-unit value-add, and the sponsor now wants my firm's name on the model tab and a one-page memo that goes into t…
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I spent fourteen years doing site selection and trade area analysis for a grocery chain, mostly drive time modeling, cannibalization studies, and go/no-go on individual boxes. Lef…
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A regional operator asked me to scope a study on whether they should enter a secondary metro with a 200-unit build-to-rent pipeline. They want a recommendation, not a data dump. M…
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I own some raw acreage and I've been trying to get a straight answer on highest and best use before I do anything with it. Talked to two people who both call themselves land consu…