Use the outside view on rehab timelines
Apply outside-view thinking to make rehab and lease-up timelines less optimistic.
The move: start with comparable history before trusting your project plan. The inside view says: here is our scope, our contractor, our timeline, and our expected rent-ready date. It feels concrete because it is built from the details in front of you. The outside view asks a tougher question: what happened the last time similar projects ran through this city, this permit office, this contractor market, and this property type? For real estate, outside-view forecasting is most valuable on timelines and budgets. Those are where optimism quietly creates bad deals. A rehab that takes twice as long does not just…
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