Insights

Notes from the desk.

Short essays on feasibility, underwriting, and the parts of this work that most reports leave out.

Reading a pro forma honestly

Most pro formas are written to be approved, not to be true. Here is how we read them with a colder eye.

Longmire & Co. · May 2026 · 7 min read

The entitlement path is usually the single largest unpriced risk on a development site. A short field guide.

Most feasibility work expands to fill the time available. We hold ours to two weeks for a specific reason.

A recommendation is not a verdict. It is a framing of the decision the client still has to make.