Real Estate Developers Get Approval from Decision Makers with Top 5 Tips

May 8, 2018

Katie Coates, author and consultant to real estate developers, helps her clients get approval for their development projects. Download a free pdf of “Yes Vote”- https://goo.gl/pXFPZW.

Real estate developers navigating the shark-filled waters that flood the entitlement process experience challenges in building community support and overcoming opposition.

Katie Coates, author of Yes Vote: The Public Hearing Plan for Developers, has developed a strategy that's proven and repeatable for swimming with the sharks - without getting eaten. It can help developers of real estate projects obtain consent from the decision makers.

“In focusing on deveopers and their challenges, I have developed a strategy that helps real estate developers get approval from the decision makers at their town boar, city council, or planning commission,” says Katie Coates, author.

The top tips for real estate developers to implement this strategy are to:

•Start the community outreach program early (plan on 8 to 12 months for establishing solid support)

•Connect with leaders in the community who have ties to the decision makers

•Arm community leaders with accurate information about their project

•Enlist community leaders as third-party messengers to communicate more effectively than they can themselves

•Induce leaders in the community to communicate with decision makers AND show up at the public hearing so that the decision makers are provided with the Political Courage they need to grant a Yes Vote

Katie Coates says that if real estate developers use the strategies and tactics she has developed over 20 years in helping clients get their permits at public hearings, they can:

•Identify project supporters by engaging in stakeholder involvement;

•Overcome opposition; and

•Position a proposed project to get a green light at their public hearings.

Katie Coates, author, speaker and coach, has worked with developers for more than 20 years and helps her real estate developer clients get approval at public hearings - at the city, regional, and state-agency levels.

“Most developers underestimate the amount of time and effort needed to build the life raft that will float them through the process to get a Yes Vote at the end,“ says Katie Coates, author. “This can waste valuable time and a LOT of money in keeping the whole thing afloat as well as the lost opportunity costs.”

Katie outlines details on how to Connect with Community Partners and Fill the Hall, part of the overall strategy that helps real estate developers overcome opposition and build support to get a Yes Vote for their projects.

Developers can download a free pdf copy of the new book Yes Vote: The Public Hearing Plan for Developers, by Katie Coates, author, which is currently available as an e-book on Amazon for $9.99 and will be available in bookstores later this year at $16.99.

Katie Coates is available for coaching and keynote presentations.

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