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Cost Per Square Foot
“So, what’s it cost you to build per square foot?” This is easily the most common question we receive, so I figured it was time I just answered it once and for all. The only correct answer is…
AXE Builders Pre-Development Checklist
This simple document organizes all the necessary tasks that need to be completed “pre-construction”or “pre-development” in order to get permits from the city of Philadelphia.
How We Model Our General Contractor (GC) Fees
What’s the best payment structure between a GC and their client to ensure that their incentive structures are aligned?
3 Components of an Ideal Partnership
Learn more about our theory behind the qualities of an ideal partnership. Can you guess the 3 main components?
Real Estate Investing: A Beginner’s Guide
The 4 key pieces to any deal from a development perspective – The acquisition, the construction, the financing & the deal positioning.
Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR): 101
We give an overview of Debt Service Coverage Ratio (DSCR) and how to calculate it.
Choose 2: Quality, Efficiency, Price
It's a common saying that when hiring a contractor, you can choose two of the above three attributes. We've found that to be very true, with one small caveat…
The 4 Variables in Development
We breakdown of the four big variables in a development deal and why it's relatively difficult these days to make them pencil.
Design-Build Explained
What does Design-Build mean? We explain the process and discuss why it's beneficial to have all phases of a construction project under one roof.