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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How outdated zoning laws are strangling American cities and what we can do about it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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