Local Real Estate Developers

What We’re Building Local Real Estate Developers helps locals step into development roles in their own communities. We support landlords, W-2 professionals, builders, and small operators moving from passive investing into real development, including infill, adaptive reuse, small multifamily, and community-first projects. Who We Help Locals who want to become developers or are early in their development journey and need clarity, confidence, and experienced perspective. Many are navigating their first or second deal and want to avoid costly mistakes around zoning, entitlements, capital structure, and sequencing. Why We Exist Most projects do not fail because of bad ideas. They fail because the process is unclear, costs are underestimated, partners are misaligned, or the next step is unknown. LRED exists to close that gap through real conversations, real case studies, and real-world experience. How We Do It • Practical education grounded in active development work • Mentorship and second-opinion strategy for live projects • Open access to lessons usually learned the hard way No guru energy. No promises of easy wins. Just the truth about what it takes. What We Offer • 1:1 Strategy Calls • Ongoing Mentorship • Developer Vault with real case studies and tools • Free educational resources Explore programs Learn With Us Local Real Estate Developer Podcast Interviews, minisodes, and behind-the-scenes development stories About the Founder Kristi Kandel is a real estate developer, consultant, and podcast host with nearly 20 years of experience and over $450M in projects across residential, commercial, industrial, and infrastructure development. Her focus is helping locals take ownership of what gets built in their towns and showing them how to do it responsibly. Live development case studies