Uyeda bought a vacant parcel zoned for two units for $100,000
Ben Uyeda · This Creative Thinker Makes Bank on Real Estate In Weird Way With Ben Uyeda of Homemade Modern · Feb 27, 2016 · at 6:29
Architect and developer Ben Uyeda discusses the acquisition and zoning details of his Jamaica Plain real estate development project with host Nathan Latka.
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“We got the blank land for just right around a 100,000 dollars. It was zoned for two units, right? So you could build a duplex there.”
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