F&%$ Real Estate
From Dirt to Cashflow: A Developer's PlaybookBy Chris Koenig
Length13h 4m
About this audiobook
Most real estate books are written from retirement. The author made money, hired a ghostwriter, and turned chaos into a clean narrative. This book was written while the deals were still under construction and the outcomes were still uncertain.
F&%$ Real Estate is a developer's playbook — not for people who buy apartment buildings and collect rent, but for people who find raw dirt, fight through entitlements, build something from nothing, and create value that didn't exist before they showed up. It covers site selection, entitlements, fire departments, construction, solar integration, capital stacks, tax credits, partnership structures, family business dynamics, lease-up strategy, and exit planning.
No theory. No motivational fluff. Just the real process of ground-up commercial development from someone who's still in the middle of it — because the lessons hit harder before you know how the story ends.
Audiobook details
GenreBusiness and Economics
Length13 hrs 4 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 13, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1narrate-a-story
26Where to Be Cheap
2The Developer's Edge
27What Tenants Actually Value
3Why Most People Don't Develop
28The Solar Canopy as a Premium Feature
4The Economics
29The Details That Compound
5The Demand Story
30The Power Purchase Agreement
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6The Solar Multiplier
31The Investment Tax Credit
7The Overlooked Asset Playbook
32The Compounding Effect
8The Problem Is the Opportunity
33The Partnership Flip (PFLIP)
9What to Look For
34The ITC Transfer
10The "Almost Works" Test
35Sale-Leaseback
11Understanding the Players
36Choosing the Right Structure
12The Pre-Application Meeting
37The Billing Problem
13Conditions of Approval
38What We Did About It
14When Things Go Sideways
39The Lessons
15CEQA: The Big One
40The Equity Layer
16The Endangered Raptor: A Case Study in Survival
41The Debt Layer
17Phase I, Phase II, and What They Actually Tell You
42The DSCR Squeeze
18The Water Tank Saga
43The Solar Layer
19The Captain Who Saved My Project
44Tax Equity: The Power and the Pain
20What to Do Before Day One
45ITC Transfer: The Simple Path
21Drive Aisles and Turning Radius
46The Hybrid Approach
22Stall Mix and Sizing
47How to Size the Fee
23The Unrentable Stalls Problem
48The Equity Promote
24The Layout Iteration Process
49When and How to Take the Fee
25Where to Spend
50The Selection Process
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