The mistake that kills more developments than bad markets ever will doesn't show up in any feasibility study.
Most developments don't come unstuck because the market turns. They come unstuck long before anyone pours a slab.
After delivering over half a billion dollars' worth of projects, the patterns are impossible to ignore. Three avoidable mistakes keep showing up across first-timers and experienced developers alike. And the one that catches the most people has nothing to do with the site, the design, or the numbers.
🔥 You'll learn
- Why emotion is the most expensive site filter
- What "nice area" actually costs you
- How one wrong yield assumption kills feasibility
- The due diligence step most developers skip
- Why the cheapest builder quote rarely saves money
- The builder trait that matters more than portfolio
- One question to ask a builder's past client
- When walking away is the smartest move
👇 Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:52 Buying on Emotion, Not Data
02:02 Know What You Can Build
03:34 Choosing the Right Builder
04:33 The Person Behind the Quote
05:27 Getting All Three Right
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Information
- Show
- FrequencyUpdated Weekly
- Published18 May 2026 at 6:00 am UTC
- Length7 min
- Season2
- Episode145
- RatingClean
