This is one way to secure the price and funding for the project by the owner. 

This seems like a project contractors would love to jump on.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment.
Purchase price: $955,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Sale price: $1,685,000Had to drop price to sell in recession. (dates approximate)What made...

I am curious to hear any and all creative PR strategies when bringing a mixed-use property project to completion.

For example, if you had said you had 5 years of experience as a construction site project manager and were looking to go into building homes for owner-occupied residential real estate and needed some start up and living capital...I'd feel a lot more confident like you have on vision of what the future looks like. 

I spoke with the city manager and he was eager to help with any project I have in mind.

That's 50k you have to come up with out of pocket to finish the project, making the total cost 250k with the bank only financing 200k of it.

This would have been a 6 month project, and im not taking that sort of risk to buy it as is and hope the town allows such plans.What I learned:- FHA is possible on commercial- 203k really isn't that much work- PMI insurance is extremely expensive- Learned about commercial kitchens and fire codes- There are great people out there willing to help- Learned about conservation areas, what can and cant be done- I have about 6 new contactsIm out $900 for the initial HUD inspection, but happy to pay it for the knowledge and relationships.

No claims have happened and they simply stated that the project was taking to long to complete.

It's really tough for me to accept a new buyer in, unless it's a unique property type or my goto investor(s) has enough projects going.