March 2, 2023· 41 min

How Empty Land in the Arizona Desert Gets Turned Into Homes

Chase Emmerson

Orality

Model

68%

Oral-dominant (speeches, podcasts, storytelling)

Speaker Breakdown

HostJoe Weisenthal(2,788 words)

M:29%

HostTracy Alloway(1,381 words)

M:29%

GuestChase Emmerson(2,973 words)

M:27%

Oral Indicators

Agonistic26%

literally, completely, totally

Engagement62%

you, our, your

Memory Aids100%

listen, now, right

Repetition100%

like (123x), land (82x), they (64x)

Parallelism73%

And I'm Tracy Alloway...., But there's a pretty big compo..., And so, like, this is also, li...

Sound Patterns100%

99 question(s), alliteration: "markets move", alliteration: "barclays brief"

Formulaic Phrases7%

you know what, i mean, so to speak

Literate Indicators

Hedging8%

maybe, apparently, quite

Passive Voice7%

be acquired, be interested, being used

Abstract Nouns20%

investment, recommendation, construction

Subordination9%

since, because, while

Sentence Length32%

Avg: 12.9 words/sentence

Word Complexity48%

investment, analyze, anticipate

Academic Markers0%

Impersonal Style38%

510 personal pronouns found

Descriptive Style90%

literally, completely, supply

Description

Homebuilders have experienced major whiplash over the last few years. The pandemic originally caused them to slam the brakes on new development. Then the housing boom happened and they raced to catch up and build — but then they ran into supply-chain constraints. Then in 2022, the interest rate shock put the market into a freeze. But before that building can begin, how do developers find completely unused land and turn it into new homes? Who takes on that risk? Who buys and brokers that land? On this episode of the podcast, we speak with Chase Emmerson, the co-CEO of Emmerson Holdings, an Arizona-based boutique land investor. He explains the process of securing land, getting it permitted for development, obtaining water rights, and more. He also walks us through what he's seeing in the housing market right now. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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