The Honest Timeline of Your Retail Property Transformation (Spoiler: It’s Not HGTV)
Television makes property transformation look easy—slap on paint, add string lights, start printing money. Reality? It's an 18-month journey through permit purgatory, vanishing contractors, and the temptation to lease to anyone with a pulse. Here's the honest timeline nobody warns you about, plus how to survive each stage with your sanity intact.

