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If housing insecurity does not care how someone voted, why do our solutions still get trapped in red versus blue arguments?
John Laine is a longtime real estate operator and housing problem solver based in the Pacific Northwest who now leads the Starter Home Fund, a model built to expand affordable homeownership by partnering with mission driven nonprofits. John focuses on practical systems that turn existing underused housing stock into attainable starter homes for working families.
In this episode, John breaks down how the fund acquires older nonprofit owned properties with heavy deferred maintenance at deep discounts, renovates and converts them into condos, and sells to buyers around 80 percent area median income while coordinating tenant rehousing through nonprofit partners.
Subscribe to Skip the Lines and share this episode with one nonprofit leader and one real estate operator you trust!
Chapters
00:00 Welcome and why West Coast investing gets misunderstood
02:29 Urban growth boundaries and why ADUs and condo conversions thrive
07:13 Johns path to Portland and decades of deal experience
17:02 The Starter Home Fund model explained condo conversions for 80 percent AMI buyers
31:00 Scaling to 10,000 homeowners through operator partnerships across cities
50:15 How to reach John how the fund raises and why mentorship matters
Quotes:
“I think that the housing affordability crisis is an American problem and not a red or blue state problem.” ~ John Laine
Mentorship is, that’s the fastest way I know to skip the line.” ~ John Laine
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📢 Connect with John Laine!
Website: https://starterhome.fund/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-condo-fund
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ADU PALS: https://adupals.
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If housing insecurity does not care how someone voted, why do our solutions still get trapped in red versus blue arguments?
John Laine is a longtime real estate operator and housing problem solver based in the Pacific Northwest who now leads the Starter Home Fund, a model built to expand affordable homeownership by partnering with mission driven nonprofits. John focuses on practical systems that turn existing underused housing stock into attainable starter homes for working families.
In this episode, John breaks down how the fund acquires older nonprofit owned properties with heavy deferred maintenance at deep discounts, renovates and converts them into condos, and sells to buyers around 80 percent area median income while coordinating tenant rehousing through nonprofit partners.
Subscribe to Skip the Lines and share this episode with one nonprofit leader and one real estate operator you trust!
Chapters
00:00 Welcome and why West Coast investing gets misunderstood
02:29 Urban growth boundaries and why ADUs and condo conversions thrive
07:13 Johns path to Portland and decades of deal experience
17:02 The Starter Home Fund model explained condo conversions for 80 percent AMI buyers
31:00 Scaling to 10,000 homeowners through operator partnerships across cities
50:15 How to reach John how the fund raises and why mentorship matters
Quotes:
“I think that the housing affordability crisis is an American problem and not a red or blue state problem.” ~ John Laine
Mentorship is, that’s the fastest way I know to skip the line.” ~ John Laine
Enjoyed the show?
Click here to SUBSCRIBE to the “Skip The Lines Podcast”
FULL VIDEOS are always uploaded on YouTube.
Subscribe here: https://www.youtube.com/@skipthelinespod
📢 Connect with John Laine!
Website: https://starterhome.fund/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-condo-fund
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/starterhomefund/
📢 Connect with me!
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmitchellre/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088499808533
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jonathanmitchellre/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100088499808533
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-mitchell-a1493410b
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathanmitchellre
Twitter (X): https://www.tiktok.com/@jonathanmitchellre
ADU PALS: https://adupals.
Support the show
Enjoying the show? Keep the conversation going!
Skip The Lines Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQlFAYIZJ2w2CUzEtK49jelO9Khn40ZnN