Win for the day! Put this graphic together of a flex concept for a zoning change hearing yesterday. They loved it and the Yays carried the motion for C-2! Vanessa Ballard really drove home the point with me of don’t show up to these meetings empty handed. Had handouts for all the members and a slide show. I used to painfully do this by hand but did it all with Claude in two hours and a little printing help from the dude at Office Depot. It may be old hat for you pros out there but it was a big accomplishment for me to overcome my technological handicap. Lol

Thank you Barry and Nick and sponsors for the Tuesday night meetup. It was great to get to know everyone better and I think as we all continue to share our experiences and knowledge we will all be better for it. This was my second Connect event and at that first one I was much like most of the people in the room. I took away a lot of information from that one and was amazed at how it has helped me get to the point I’m at now. I’ve been drinking from a firehouse of CRE and Flex knowledge for over a year now. At this event I really enjoyed getting to know people better and thanks to Will and Thaddeus and anyone else that gave me some feedback on my project. I’m a firm believer in seeking wise counsel. My take aways this time were affirmations of what I’ve learned over the year but also new nuggets of gold from the panelists. Chris and Mason of Rigid are the go to guys on anything PEMB. I toured their plant last year and was amazed at how it’s made. I deal in steel for weld up buildings so biased but the pre engineered have their benefits. I love what Steve Garrison is doing and it’s a great niche. In his discussion he described his ideal business park and it had most of elements of what I’ve been working on for my park. The Legacy builders had some great efficiency build tips which has been a big take away for me. Also I think it was Cody that said last year if that extra dollar spent doesn’t bring more rent then don’t do it. Legacy has it figured out on the weld up construction and site work. Vanessa Ballard was sharp on the development diligence and her magazine has a great checklist. I would recommend her doing one of our sessions. Don was asked about signage and what he said has me re evaluating my digital sign idea. He may have just saved me 55 k. He also told me that once I’m doing flex development I’ll be wanting to move on from my existing business. That thought has crossed my mind as I really want to move into this full time. I was also very impressed with Jace who at 25 years old is building flex parks. My son just turned 30 and is also a part of our team and has a bright future ahead doing this with me. So I’m pretty excited about where we’re headed.

Thanks to everyone that showed up in Houston. We packed the room with over 50 people. It was great to meet everyone in person and talk Flex. A big thank you to @Barry Sherman Sherman at S3 Partners and @Nick Basso Basso at Kiwi II for sponsoring the event.

It sure was great to meet so many of you and others at the connect. Thank you to all the sponsors for the networking event also.

The call recordings take time to prepare. Not many people are watching them, so I am considering cutting them. For example, last week’s video only has 20 views. Who is actually watching the calls and are they helpful?