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This looks very interesting. FWIW let the "unit" be a whole neighborhood. Living neighborhoods: https://www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/bln-exp.htm https://w

This looks very interesting. FWIW let the "unit" be a whole neighborhood. Living neighborhoods: https://www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/bln-exp.htm https://www.livingneighborhoods.org/ht-0/bln-exp.htm And integrate regenerative food forests. See Village Homes in Davis, model eco-suburb ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Homes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Village_Homes ) Add carbon-neutral small-scale integrated alcohol fuel production ( http://alcoholcanbeagas.com http://alcoholcanbeagas.com ) - - - - My mom lives in a neighborhood that was all built together at the same time, it's owned and operated by a corporation. There are a few downsides but the upsides are enormous: - No wires. All that was run underground. It's so worth it. You can't understand how ugly and nasty the wires are until you've lived without them. - Central laundry on each block. High efficiency machines. Regular maintenance (although by a contractor, and they are sometimes slow to respond.) - Infinite hot water. The hot water heater is industrial, huge, it never runs out! - On call professional maintenance staff! Plugged sink or toilet? One call to the office and the guy will be there later that day. Included in the rent. - Parking space included in the small parking lots & garages. - Outdoor maintenance, landscaping, yardwork, repainting, repairing the roofs, etc. All of that is taken care of. A good management company is IMO a better bet than going it alone.

Artistry121 6y ago
Would love to hear more about your experience. Can you email "websitename"@gmail.com
- Artistry121 6y ago
  Also, its very important that we can also partner with or be a good management company. That's actually where we've started as we figure out the rest of this. We manage 33 tenants / units currently.
  - carapace 6y ago
    > We manage 33 tenants / units currently. That's outstanding! konarahomes, yeah? Will do. I signed up for your newsletter already this morning. I'm not a domain expert in real estate, urban design, or regenerative agriculture (I took a Permaculture certification class from "Farmer Dave" Bloom, the "Alcohol can be a Gas" guy, but that's about it) but I'm really passionate about the subject. If I had the capital I would buy some raw land (preferably damaged-but-not-a-superfund-site rather than pristine wilderness) and create something like Village Homes, sell or lease the units, and repeat. I'm sure demand would be high. Village Homes sold every unit before they finished building, and there's a wait list.
TedDoesntTalk 6y ago
But this sounds just like an apartment complex. How is it different? Is it a larger area?
- carapace 6y ago
  It's a whole neighborhood, multiple blocks, with hundreds of townhouses and several large apartment complexes. It has its own little commercial enclave with a grocery store (that has been well-stocked this whole time!) several restaurants, a cafe, and so on. There's a community garden, a dog run, and some gyms. I think there are tennis and basketball courts somewhere too. It's also ~25 minutes away from downtown by light rail. It's almost like a self-contained small town tucked away at the edge of a large city. I didn't care for it as a kid, but now I see the value of the place.

Artistry121 6y ago

Would love to hear more about your experience. Can you email "websitename"@gmail.com

Artistry121 6y ago
Also, its very important that we can also partner with or be a good management company. That's actually where we've started as we figure out the rest of this. We manage 33 tenants / units currently.
- carapace 6y ago
  > We manage 33 tenants / units currently. That's outstanding! konarahomes, yeah? Will do. I signed up for your newsletter already this morning. I'm not a domain expert in real estate, urban design, or regenerative agriculture (I took a Permaculture certification class from "Farmer Dave" Bloom, the "Alcohol can be a Gas" guy, but that's about it) but I'm really passionate about the subject. If I had the capital I would buy some raw land (preferably damaged-but-not-a-superfund-site rather than pristine wilderness) and create something like Village Homes, sell or lease the units, and repeat. I'm sure demand would be high. Village Homes sold every unit before they finished building, and there's a wait list.

TedDoesntTalk 6y ago

But this sounds just like an apartment complex. How is it different? Is it a larger area?

carapace 6y ago
It's a whole neighborhood, multiple blocks, with hundreds of townhouses and several large apartment complexes. It has its own little commercial enclave with a grocery store (that has been well-stocked this whole time!) several restaurants, a cafe, and so on. There's a community garden, a dog run, and some gyms. I think there are tennis and basketball courts somewhere too. It's also ~25 minutes away from downtown by light rail. It's almost like a self-contained small town tucked away at the edge of a large city. I didn't care for it as a kid, but now I see the value of the place.