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June 2025

May 2025

Building Through Uncertainty: Mastering Tariffs, Inflation, and Market Shifts
“Let me get this straight, the fire marshal is demanding we install an additional $40K of sprinklers beyond what is required by code?” I had to repeat…
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Shady Contractors, Beware: The Developer's Guide to Outsmarting Cost Overruns
Whenever I talk with friends who are interested in property development as a personal investment, side-hustle, or career transition objective, two risks…
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April 2025

18 Contracts and $800K Later: The Real Estate Journey Influencers Don't Show on YouTube
It has been about a year since we started this last chapter of our real estate investment journey, our Troy project.
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Episode 5 - Tree Trimming
Watch as the tree trimming crew trims this overgrown Mulberry. Climbing with ropes and gathering the trimming. A tree is trimmed in Brooklyn
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Episode 4 - The Sewer
The plumbers dug a new trench and the inspector showed up to check out our new sewer and water main installations
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March 2025

I Walked Away from $100K Without Regrets
In the quest for our new property in 2024, we deliberately chose to bypass some significant tax incentive programs and subsidies.
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Avoiding Disaster: A sewer main is an insurance policy
As a property owner with some experience under your belt, you quickly come to learn that the various systems and components of your property have vastly…
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The Power of Grit: Rewrite the Rules
Over the last few years, I’ve been increasingly struck by how much people seem to want to avoid personal interaction.
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