The inspection process is what truly keeps construction safe, not endless plan check cycles.
In California, almost every construction project — from a small garage conversion to a multi-unit development — gets caught in the same bureaucratic web: plan checks, code reviews, resubmittals, and e...
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Rent control sounds good on paper, but it creates long-term harm for the very people it's meant to protect.
Rent control sounds good on paper: limit how much landlords can raise rent, and you protect tenants from skyrocketing costs.
But in reality, rent control almost always backfires.
As a real estate inv...
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Most people wait for permission. But every major breakthrough started with someone who simply decided to start.
Most people wait for permission — from schools, bosses, the government, investors, or someone "more experienced."
But the truth is, you can just do things.
Every major breakthrough — in business, art...
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How Accessory Dwelling Units can democratize homeownership and create sustainable urban density
## The Housing Crisis Is Real
America is facing an unprecedented housing crisis. Home prices have soared beyond reach for millions, rental costs consume an ever-growing share of income, and cities st...
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What I've learned about product-market fit, team building, and sustainable growth
## The Journey from Zero to One
Building GatherADU has been the most challenging and rewarding experience of my entrepreneurial journey. We didn't just build a product—we built a solution to a **mass...
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How technology is transforming every aspect of real estate development and investment
## Marc Andreessen Was Right
"Software is eating the world," Marc Andreessen wrote in 2011. Fifteen years later, it's **devouring real estate**.
Real estate has been notoriously slow to adopt techno...
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Technical literacy is a superpower for non-technical founders
## The Technical Literacy Gap
As a founder who codes, I've seen both sides: leading as a CEO and shipping as an engineer. The ability to **think technically** has been my biggest advantage.
You don'...
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How outdated zoning laws are strangling American cities and what we can do about it
## The Silent Killer of Housing Affordability
If you care about housing affordability, climate change, or economic opportunity, you should care about **zoning reform**.
Zoning laws—regulations that ...
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Practical architecture patterns for scalable, reliable cloud applications
## Architecture Is About Tradeoffs
As an AWS Solutions Architect certified engineer, I've designed systems serving thousands of users. The biggest lesson: **there are no perfect architectures, only a...
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