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Antonia

@antonia_mdprjct

RE Developer, doer, design & construction geek, owner @ MADDPROJECT, work from anywhere specialist, RA, NCARB. I build teams that design & build buildings.

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linkhttp://www.maddproject.com calendar_today30-04-2020 23:24:34

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Every now and then we are asked to advise on a situation that reminds me that *many* people who have worked on development projects (track records and all) have no idea what it's like to run a project well.

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Human psychology will never cease to amaze me. Paying someone based on a % of costs = $450k Paying a flat fee = $270k A majority of ppl will opt to pay the % because the flat fee is 'too expensive.' Boggles the mind every time.

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People constantly discuss managing disappointment when deals fall through, but we rarely hear about how hard it is to control your excitement when a deal looks promising. 👀 [sitting over here trying not to be excited on multiple counts]

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Maybe it’s that I was born in Latin America or that I spent a good amount of time researching the underlying factors behind socioeconomic inequality and the sociopolitical conditions of informal urban settlements. But man, I really dislike populists. Regardless of where they