Re:Why are there no startups in the real estate construction...
by onpointed on Friday July 07, 2023 @09:27AM
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Permits and taxes can be addressed through politics and civic engagement.
Re:Why are there no startups in the real estate construction...
by kaibee on Friday July 07, 2023 @09:53AM
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This isn't a business strategy because any reduction in taxes or ease in permitting also benefits your competition. Unless you mean that a company should lobby to increase difficulty/taxes so that they're the sole survivor.
Re:Why are there no startups in the real estate construction...
by bombcar on Friday July 07, 2023 @10:35AM
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They're also extremely local, so it can be quite hard to scale.
The standard SV "ignore the laws until too big to fail" Uber/Airbnb is just not going to fly. You've never seen enforcement until you've seen the building inspectors crawl up someone's back unpermitted retaining wall (going so far as to take the sheriffs to order a backhoe to knock things down).
Re:Why are there no startups in the real estate construction...
by bonestamp2 on Friday July 07, 2023 @12:33PM
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You cannot make permits, taxes, and land prices to go down. Interest can be "tamed" if you build quick and sell quick. And most material prices are driven by transport.
Before you jump into the sector remember a great technology for construction was drywall (Pladur, Knauf, etc): it lowered time (and costs) to build inner walls.
Anything electronic, like automated window blinds... etc is not interesting for the sector: prices are high, cost to deploy are also high. It won't get mass adoption unless customers want to pay 2x-10x more for a house.