Munford, TN · Story 1 of 6
Kate H.
An architect bringing a Main Street back to life with The Loom, retail and co-working space in her tiny downtown. She's wrapping construction and got $70k reimbursed through city grants.
Infill redeveloper & educator · Bryan, TX
Rebuild Main Street USA.
Get paid to do it.
I turn tired buildings and empty lots into townhomes, rentals, and storefronts that make my town better and my family wealthier.
Then I hand over the playbook to build in the town you love.
Build small. Win BIG.
Find my starting point$20M
Downtown portfolio
11
Buildings owned downtown
15 YRS
Investing in real estate
1 MISSION
Main Street, one market at a time
Why redevelopment
One investment. Two returns.
Flips hand you a payday. Rentals hand you cash flow. Small-scale redevelopment builds wealth for you AND the town you love. The math works and the mission matters. Because if you don't build the town you want to see, you won't like who will.
01 · The math
Higher density = better margins
Adding density to a lot or bringing an existing property to its highest and best use often unlocks higher profits and margins than traditional real estate strategies.
02 · The moat
Less competition
Sure, development is complex. That's what keeps most people from doing it. With the right roadmap you become THE developer in your market and grab the opportunities everyone else drives past.
03 · The point
Match profit with passion
The boarded-up building brought back to life. Housing your neighbors can afford. A downtown that comes back because YOU showed up.
Howdy, I'm Katie
In 2010, I bought an abandoned Main Street building in my hometown Bryan, TX.
I was armed with a Google search history and a hunch. I asked the dumb questions. I made the expensive mistakes. I had no idea what I was doing.
Today I own 11 buildings worth $20M across my downtown. Profits from the townhomes I build and sell help fuel that portfolio. It pays our bills today and builds wealth for my family's future.
No real estate degree. No inherited capital. No buying massive acreage and developing sprawling subdivisions. No massive syndications to fund our deals.
Building small to win big is about stacking one small, infill deal on top of the next, building wealth for yourself and your community by transforming what's already there into dynamic, unique spaces people want to live, work, and play in.
"Invest where you're invested. The wealth will follow."
More about meStart where you are
One path, from rookie to rockstar
Flipper ready for more density?
SF rental investor wanting to build wealth faster?
Architect, contractor, or realtor who knows one area of the process like the back of your hand, but wants to take control of the whole deal and start building wealth for yourself, not just for clients?
There's a door here with your name on it.
Step 1 · Free quiz
Think you're Redev Ready?
A 3-minute quiz that scores your market and scores you, then hands you a 30-day action plan.
Step 2 · Live challenge · $49
Ready, Set, Redevelop
3 days, 3 frameworks, live with me. Spot a market, underwrite a deal on a napkin, get the strategies that will fund your first project.
Step 3 · Self-paced course
The Redevelopment Roadmap
Every step of a development project from concept to close, anchored in building and selling townhomes and other missing middle housing products.
Step 4 · Group coaching
Rookie Redeveloper
Weekly coaching, private community, and 1:1 access while we work on YOUR specific deals. The room I wish I'd had.
Built, not bought
A few of my projects
Townhomes, mixed use, adaptive reuse, commercial, and boutique apartments. All in or around downtown Bryan, TX.
Student stories
They're already building in their towns
Not hypotheticals. Real redevelopers around the country, real markets, real deals.
Wichita, KS · Story 2 of 6
Emily K.
A MTR investor who bought a rundown Main Street building and turned it into a fully leased, cash-flowing mixed use product in just 9 months.
Palm Springs, CA · Story 3 of 6
Diana O.
An architect who bought an old motel in Palm Springs, CA and turned it into Terra, a fully operational and cash flowing, gorgeous boutique hotel, and now they're doing it again. Follow along.
Cedar Rapids, IA · Story 4 of 6
Grace G.
A rental investor who started with a plan to build rentals out of storage containers. After neighborhood pushback, she pivoted, and built a triplex on a SF lot that now grosses $10k a month. Then she repeated the process 3 more times.
Allentown, PA · Story 5 of 6
Rikako W.
An architect in NYC who built a short-term rental A-frame from the ground up in the Poconos that has great occupancy rates on Airbnb. Now she's building a micro-resort for families there. Follow along.
Riverside, CA · Story 6 of 6
Brian Hopkins & Jared Jones
Founders of Middle Housing Partners, ADU builders who have built hundreds of units across California, and counting. Follow along.
Wall of Love
Real projects. Real momentum.
From first-deal jitters to construction loans to city grants, here's what active redevelopers and rookies say after working with Katie.
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