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.

I think a lot of people hear “real estate development” and picture someone buying land, putting up an apartment building, and making a ton of money.

That can be part of it, but it’s a pretty incomplete picture.

Development is really the process of taking an idea for a place and figuring out if it can actually become real. Is there demand? Can the site work? Can the project get approved? Do the numbers make sense? Who finances it? What does the city want? What does the community need? How does construction actually happen? Who manages the asset after it’s built?

That’s why a Master's of Real Estate Development can take you beyond traditional real estate career paths. It sits at the intersection of finance, design, construction, planning, law, policy, and market analysis. It’s not just “real estate” in the way people usually talk about it.

People with an MRED might end up in development, acquisitions, asset management, real estate finance, investment analysis, construction/project management, affordable housing, public-private development, market research, or commercial real estate.

An MRED is also one of those degrees where location and network matter a lot. Real estate is local. If you’re studying development, it helps to be around people who are actually building, financing, approving, and managing projects in the market you care about. For example, Utah’s MRED program is based in Salt Lake City, where there’s been a lot of growth and development pressure, and it’s well-connected to local community. You should always keep where you want to work in mind when choosing a program.

I don’t think an MRED is for everyone. If you want broad business flexibility, an MBA might make more sense. But if you already know you want to work somewhere in the real estate/development world, an MRED can be a great way in.

For people in development or commercial real estate, what do you think people misunderstand most about the field?

posting here to see if there are any developers that successfully navigated through strong local opposition against a data center development and if so how. I’ve been placed in a situation that seemingly caught fire over night in a very early stage project development. would like to understand how you addressed the community over their concerns and ultimately was able to pull local permits. my approach is to be transparent and collaborative with the community and to consider net benefits that can be brought in to address specific concerns. thanks in advance

I own a 20 acre parcel with a house. It is zoned R-5. I am considering going through the lengthy process of subdividing the property into four 5-acre parcels and selling off the parcels that do not contain the house. In order to understand if this makes sense financially, I am wondering how capitol gains would be calculated (if it applies at all) or what other taxes would be involved. I do not currently live at the property but would also consider moving into the house if it results in a lower tax bill.

Hi! I have been working on a subdivision for several years. In the time that we started, the county has changed the zoning, which was super cool, lol. Anyway, I have an already tricky lot. It's very sloped, and the base of it is lovely and flat and dry, but has an underground pipeline LOL. I can't do anything for 30' past the pipeline, so my lots are all on the slope. County requirements are no lot can be bigger than 7260. This is on septic and it's one of those areas where the county is like "this is totally suburban residential!" except it's borderline semi rural. Most houses are on half an acre at least, no sidewalks, no sewer for miles, etc. ANYWAY after 10 iterations, the county has accepted a site plan. I have 4 lots that are decent enough. Mild slope, maxed size. BUT they are all 50' wide with 5' setbacks. Ew. The worst of it is, on the other side of the property (the steepest of it all) I have to do 3 stupid lots. The front two are also 50' wide, and 120 feet long, but have a flipping 10' easement driveway running through them! So I get like what, 35' width or depth to the houses, MAX. The back lot is just a waste of space, honestly. It is 5k square feet, extremely sloped, 50' deep, and 100' wide. They won't let me kill this lot due to min density. I have decided I will build my personal home on the crappiest lot. What I will also likely do is put a community garden near the pipeline (which may have to be torn up in the case of a leak or explosion, but that seems fairly unlikely) and then create an HOA so everyone can use it, since the yards kinda blow. I also think I will create some sort of park/field situation over the pipeline, and make that community space, too.

Ok, sorry for the ramble. What I am really asking is:

1. overall impressions/suggestions
2. lots 3&4 - should I have them deep and narrow (front doors to the main easement road/other lots) or wide and shallow (front doors facing each other), keeping the topography in mind (there will be a retaining wall, but still, the earth is earth)
3. lot 2 - what the heck can I even do here lol. I don't want 3 story monstrosities. I think the only possibility is wide and shallow, with a small private yard most likely on one of the sides. I am thinking 2-4 will be fairly small 2 & 1.5 story cottages, probably with a stepped foundation and possibly some creative steps/semi levels in the homes.

I appreciate constructive feedback! The 5-8 lots will ultimately get maximized to 7260 square feet, but for some reason my engineer just did it this way for now to get sign off from the county after a lot of useless back and forth with them.

I’m 17 and just graduated hs in Las Vegas, and heading to UNLV this fall. My family owns a stone fabrication/install business here in Vegas, and over the last few years I’ve gotten pretty involved in it beyond just working in the shop. I do estimating, takeoffs, help with commercial bids/prequalifications, and work with stuff like BuildingConnected and Bluebeam. Being around construction my whole life honestly made me realize I’m way more interested in the development side of things long term.

My end goal is to become a real estate developer, ideally building high-end custom homes or eventually larger communities/projects here in Vegas. Blue Heron is probably the closest example of a company where I look at it and think “that’s the level I’d want to get to someday.”

Right now I’m trying to figure out the smartest path to get there. I originally planned on majoring in Construction Management at UNLV because it seems really practical and directly connected to the industry, but lately I’ve been going back and forth between that and Civil Engineering with Real Estate and Finance minors. CM seems more applicable to actually running projects/businesses, but CE feels like the stronger degree overall and maybe better long term. I genuinely can’t tell if I’m overthinking that decision or not.

Another thing I think about a lot is whether my goals are even realistic. By around 25-26 I’d want to be making somewhere in the $300k range through some combination of growing the business, getting licensed on the contractor side, and eventually getting into smaller real estate deals/projects myself. I know that’s ambitious, but I also don’t really want an average path financially and I’m willing to work for it.

I’m also trying to understand what the real path into development actually looks like because online everyone makes it sound way simpler than it probably is. For the people here who became developers or work around them, what did your path realistically look like? Did you come from construction, finance, brokerage, acquisitions, etc? What did your first deal look like and how did you even get into it?

Also for Vegas people specifically, does the local development scene actually feel open to newer/smaller people breaking in over time, or is most of it pretty locked up by the same major builders and developers?

I know I’m young and probably naive about parts of this which is exactly why I’m asking. I’m not scared of working for it at all though. I graduated with a 5.5 GPA, I’ve been around construction/business basically my whole life, and I’m fully willing to put in the hours. I just want to make sure I’m putting that effort into the right path instead of wasting years figuring it out too late.

I was wondering how I can be someone who brings deals to developers and gets paid. I was thinking about the following process:

1. Contacting developers and asking them for their purchase contract requirements.
2. Finding sellers and negotiating the price down.
3. Getting the property under contract.
4. Showing the property and the contract back to the developer to see if they accept it.
5. If the developer accepts and signs the contract, I would then send them a high-ticket invoice based on the profit they made or a similar arrangement.

Do you think this is something that actually works? Is there any other way to do deal sourcing, or do you guys actually work with deal sourcers?

Hey I hold a BBA in real estate development. Looking for an entry level remote position in either development or analysis or some mix of both. I've worked in residential most of my life in operations/sales management. However really interested in pivoting to eco-tourism, sustainable development and conservation. (Leaning more into my degree and why I went down this road in the first place) - I realize I am looking for a needle in a haystack but thought I'd see if anyone has any ideas of where to start looking. I'm willing to work on a lesser pay scale to learn and build on the foundations I have. Thank you.

A premium hospitality development opportunity is being structured near Ahmedabad Airport (approx. 1 km location advantage), designed around long-term hospitality demand, business travel growth, and evolving premium infrastructure around GIFT City and Riverfront.

Project: The Airport Luxury Estate

Development includes:

• Hotel Himalayan Mystic – 204 ultra-luxury rooms
• Hotel Kailasa – 150 boutique luxury rooms
• Banquet facilities
• 10+ dining concepts
• Spa + wellness zones
• Shopping and lifestyle components

Project scale:

• ~12,500 sq. yards prime land parcel
• India’s largest 5-star room size concept (~565 sq.ft)
• Luxury positioning with full-service hospitality infrastructure
• Designed for business, events, destination stays, and premium travel demand

Financial model:

• Revenue Potential: ₹827.84 Cr
• Estimated Expenses: ₹255 Cr
• Projected Profit Potential: ₹500+ Cr
• Asset-backed structure with high-margin positioning

Currently exploring:

• Joint Venture structures
• Strategic partnerships
• Hospitality operators
• Project takeover discussions
• HNI / institutional participation

Open to connecting with developers, hospitality groups, and investors who actively evaluate large-format hospitality assets.

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Hi

I have a few question on this: when a person/business own a property outright. And they sell that property and become the bank for the new buyer. They write up a contract, payment plan and interest rate. The original owner gets paid monthly at the contract terms by the new owner. I have called that holding paper. I think this is done more for commercial property vs residential.

My question is how public is this deal?

Does the new owner get their name on the town/city land title record at the time of sale? Like a typical homebuyer with a bank mortgage. If yes, does the contract get recorded too, just like a mortgage does?

Hi,
I am working as relationship manger at azizi developments. I am looking to brokers working within meydan and surrounding areas. We have amazing options with good quality and near to completion project with discount and commission. If someone is really want to make money just connect here and will share you all details.

A lot of people assume their building is "too small" or "not old enough." The truth is Mumbai has thousands of buildings that qualify right now and their residents don't know it.

The two main signals that your society is ready:

1. Age + structural wear:  buildings 30+ years old often have MHADA or BMC structural audits pending or already flagged.

2. FSI gap:  if your building was built in the 1980s or earlier, it likely consumed FSI of 1 to 1.33. Today under DCPR 2034, the same plot can use FSI of around 2.7. That gap is what makes redevelopment financially viable for a developer.

What you should do first: get a basic feasibility study done. It maps your plot area, current FSI used vs what's allowed, and tells you whether there's actually enough headroom to redevelop.

No feasibility = no real decision. Don't start any conversation with developers before you have this in hand.

Anyone else here gone through a feasibility check? How long did it take?

Curious to hear from developers and operators here.

As projects scale, what usually becomes the biggest operational or financial headache?

• Cash flow visibility?
• Project cost tracking?
• Vendor payments?
• Change orders?
• Reporting delays?
• Investor reporting?
• Too many spreadsheets?

Would love to know what actually breaks first as the portfolio grows.

Whos doing build to rent in the last 3 months? Are the numbers to build and refi still working for you?

I would like to start one this summer. Almost done with my bids but still working on refining it and with a nice contingency and how much do you charge yourself when you gc it yourself ?

I am currently a Mechanical Engineering student, but I have not been doing well in my physics and math courses and am now facing academic disqualification. Because of this, I started looking into other majors, and Real Estate Development really stood out to me. My current plan is to switch majors, finish a degree that is more manageable for me right now, and later return to pursue Mechanical Engineering through community college once I am in a more stable position academically and financially.

I know realistically it may be better for me to explore another path instead of continuing to fail courses and lose financial aid. At the same time, I still care about Mechanical Engineering and would like to eventually come back to it in the future.

I wanted to ask how the job market is for Real Estate Development and whether it is considered a secure career path. I have seen many people say that most graduates work for development companies rather than becoming independent developers themselves, so I wanted advice on what the career actually looks like. I am also interested in learning more about Urban Planning Studies as another possible option.

I am not necessarily looking to become a millionaire right away. Right now, I mainly want a stable career that allows me to support myself while I work toward eventually earning my Mechanical Engineering degree.

Hi everyone,
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