Competing in a Down Market with New Construction

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🗓️ 9 December 2012

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Sooner or later, new construction needs to happen, at least in residential. Between immigration and new births, population keeps growing in many areas.But when the economy is soft, building a big tract of new homes can be risky business. And in some of the most popular areas, there are no big tracts of land to develop even if it made financial sense.Besides, how can a little guy compete with the big guys? You can't. At least not head to head.BUT, a nimble, boutique developer actually has a huge competitive edge by focusing on in-fill projects that fit well into a particular market and demographic.To learn more about how a small developer can make big money in a down market, host Robert Helms visits with Washington DC based boutique developer, Beth Clifford.The Real Estate Guys™ radio show provides real estate investing news, education, training and resources to help real estate investors succeed. Learn more and subscribe to the free newsletter! Visit www.realestateguysradio.com

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Real Estate Guys radio program. I'm your host, Robert Helms. With all the property on sale today, where does that put developers? Is there an opportunity to compete in the down market with new construction? That's what we're going to find out today. Right here on the Real Estate Guys Radio Program.
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1:21.9	Welcome to the Real Estate Guys Radio program. Thanks for tuning into the show. I'm Robert Helms, your host, and today we're
1:28.5	going to talk about the niche of real estate construction and development. Obviously, in the last few years,
1:34.8	developer and builder confidence has been low, and with the wake of the housing crisis and all
1:40.8	the distressed and foreclosed property that's left around. There's been great
1:44.5	bargains to be snapped up by real estate investors. And yet we know if we study the numbers
1:49.4	that eventually, and it's not that far down the road, there is an impending housing shortage in
1:55.0	lots of parts of the world. Certainly, that's true in the U.S. as we had from 300 million to 400 million people.
2:02.2	They all have to live and work and resort somewhere, and we've simply not been adding enough housing units.
2:07.7	So how does a developer compete in a market where there is distress everywhere?
2:13.5	I think the key to that is understanding all real estate is local.
2:17.6	Today on the program, you're going to meet a developer who has found a couple of different
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