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I’ve seen a lot of our readers get blocked in their live-near-friends dreams by the size of their visions.
They want a “bestie row” - a single block filled with 10 their friends. Or they want a rural compound on a hill with 10 houses.
Getting from dream to reality can feel like a chasm too wide to cross.
You have to find a large number of people ready to jump on the vision all at once
You have to find a rare property or properties that fit the bill
You have to raise a lot of money all at once
… and once you’ve done that, you have to get everyone to agree
If your idea of how this might work is to assemble 10 people, get them to hold hands, come to consensus, and simultaneously empty their bank accounts, I’m sorry but you have the wrong idea!
If you want to do an ambitious project, you need to think about it in incremental steps. How do you start small and expand?
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