Every architectural endeavor starts by considering the function of the building before requesting a construction estimate. What will it be used for? What kind of people will use it? This has been...
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What Upgrades Do Millennial Homebuyers Care About Most?
Millennials are the most influential demographic group buying and renting homes today. As such, they are the most crucial target for real estate investors. But to attract millennials, real estate...
Purposeful Design—Container-Based Homes to the Rescue
Design touches almost all aspects of our experience—from how something looks to how it feels. Interestingly, design also changes how we feel when we experience it. Design in housing is no different....
Reimagining City Living
The health crisis has fundamentally changed how people live, work, rest, and play. Spurred on by the blurring of our professional and personal lives, there is a new set of rules at play in urban...
Understanding the Power of Color
Any time you take on a renovation, remodel, or flip project, the one inevitable question everyone will ask is “What color do we use?” Certainly, you will need to make color decisions related to your...
How Design Can Maximize A Multifamily Investment
Many cities throughout the country are experiencing tremendous rent growth, and the Tampa, Florida, market is no exception. Local statistics puts market rent growth for this area at more than 20%...
Redesigning Distressed Properties to Appeal to Modern Buyers
When he quit his day job March 1, 2020, to start investing in real estate full time, Will Wenzel counted on two things to support his strategy of buying and renovating distressed properties in the...
Good Design Can Make or Break Your Business
The brilliant designer Paul Rand, who created logos for IBM, UPS, ABC, and many other companies, wrote in his book “A Designer’s Art” that “design is the silent ambassador of your brand.” Design is...
The 4 Essential Elements of a Successful Real Estate Project
When most people think about rehabbing a property, they think in terms of two main concepts: How much money they will make on the sale or generate in rent. How amazing the “after” pictures will look...
Labor and Materials Shortages Prompt New Approaches to Building and Design
Fix-and-flippers, new home builders, and build-to-rent contractors must feel like they’re caught in an endless loop of Groundhog Day. Although many builders and rehabbers had hoped 2022 would bring...
