Property ExpLained

🚩3 red flags: When to run from a developer ⎜Ep. 77

Property ExpLained

Show Notes

In this episode, you’ll learn what factors suggest a developer might have a bit more risk than others. This is important because developers aren’t regulated.

That means a developer with no experience, and with no finance in place, could set up shop and start selling properties for a 200-unit project.

So the onus is on you to weed out the good from the not-so-good.

And click ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to see all the charts and other info in the written article on the Opes website.

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