Sean Sweeney
@seandsweeney
Real estate developer | Co-founder: Hall Sweeney & The Bright Build | Newsletter & Consulting 👇🏻
Evidence there is too much noise out there right now and we are drowning in information? Three 80s icons - Ozzy Osborne, Hulk Hogan and Malcom Jamal Warner - died this week. Reporting on their deaths was barely noticed. 20 years ago it would have been national headlines.
Can we please normalize showing some grace and not immediately honking your horn when the light turns green if the person in front of you doesn’t immediately pull out like it’s the Indy 500?
Projected IRR is meaningless. It’s only a worthwhile metric after it’s been realized. Otherwise, it’s just a wild guess.
I know this is a completely ridiculous thing to say… But I’ve toured like half a dozen projects in the last week… I don’t understand why people don’t just call me for some design advice. I really don’t.
Back home in my happy place!! We bought our backyard sauna two years ago and I thought it would be a fun little thing for us to do from time to time. Little did I know I’d fall in love with it. Quiet time, some fun with my family and now an activity we do with friends! And…

I love strawberries. When I was a kid we didn’t have them often. They were expensive. It sounds silly, but one of the joys of my adult life is being able to eat strawberries whenever I want.
I didn’t come from money. I built my development business one gritty deal at a time. No trust fund. No shortcuts. Just persistence and pattern recognition. You don’t need millions to get started— You need a good site, a smart structure, and the right guidance.