Most people hear "factory-built home" and picture a trailer park. Jeff Zimmerman walks through the Fort Homes production facility in Grand Junction, Colorado to show what it actually means to build this way.

In this episode:

— QC inspection sheets on every home, tracking every stage of production

— LVL floor systems engineered to shop drawings, with state inspection at every nail

— The Colorado Cottage — 2 bed 1 bath attainable home built from the inside out

— Backing pre-installed behind walls for every fixture location

— Elevated floor system for full MEP and insulation access

— Shop drawings vs. field blueprints — why the difference matters

— Labeled pre-built interior panels for precision installation

— LightRock sheetrock — walls fully finished before the home ships

— 12/12 pitch LVL roof framing that looks nothing like a mobile home

— The two-piece volumetric system: floor box + roof assembly, stitched on-site

— Pre-cut bulk materials and the waste reduction math

Jeff Zimmerman is the Founder and CEO of Fort + Home Companies, a vertically integrated housing platform headquartered in Grand Junction, Colorado. Fort + Home is building toward helping provide one million homes.

Learn more: fortandhome.com

Most investors have heard the term “accredited investor.” But very few understand:

• What the SEC actually requires
• How someone qualifies
• Why 506(b) and 506(c) offerings exist
• Who can participate in each
• And how verification works

In this week’s Builder’s View episode, I break down — in clear, simple terms — what it means to be accredited, why the rules exist, and how these structures shape access to private real estate investments.

This is a purely educational explainer — no pitch, no offering terms, and no projected returns. Just clarity and fundamentals.

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Most investors understand the idea of a mortgage or a loan. Fewer have a clear, simple picture of how private real estate equity works — and how owners actually build wealth over time.

In this episode of Builder’s View, Jeff Zimmerman, CEO of Fort + Home, explains:

• What private real estate equity is
• How it differs from debt and public REITs
• How GP/LP structures and waterfalls typically allocate cash flow and upside
• Where equity sits in the capital stack — and why it takes first loss
• How real housing projects use equity to turn land and plans into communities

This audio is strictly educational and does not describe any specific offerings or projected returns.

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