@Shakur Granger I'm not in this area in the residential assets but do a large amount of hunting and calling in the triad area for retail space, and retail development land, and in general that asset and area has been hot for the couple years we've been hunting in those markets for clients. 

I've done a lot of different stuff in real estate from ground up development to rental stabilizations to a few hundred flips and wholesales, but some of my biggest wins are seeing other people succeed.

building a single small unit is the most expensive residential development.  

Low construction activity—paired with a national housing shortage estimated at 3.5 million units—continues to support investor conviction, especially in growing metro areas.Retail also performed well, with vacancy near historic lows and constrained supply due to record-low development.

With my developer/investor clients I NEVER contact big banks to finance these kind of deals - I prefer to deal with local community banks and credit unions (who tend to know the faces of their clients).Have you looked at the price appreciation forecasts for Pittsburgh?

I agree that it seems like your strength of current knowledge resides in the development side so yeah, find a local developer to intern with to learn the ins and out of the business. 

I have developed friendships with several folks who have contact with grad students.

Since then I have developed my programs and brokrered over 250 deals.

Eventually outsourcing some of the management as I am still developing my Real Estate sales business - which takes up a lot of time. 

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