Promised housing fail: Former Ordean Building now boutique hotel

Duluth needs people who know how to write contracts or don’t go into deals with stars in their eyes. The Incline Village is beyond belief and now a piece of property given away at $27,000. Unreal.

So, this situation is similar to RiverWest. They can’t make a go of what they sold the City on, so they simply do as they please, and the City turns a blind eye. While anyone else wants to use their property for short-term rentals, we have to go through a process and pay up to $2,000 in fees and permits. This money goes to the housing Trust Fund as well.

This is progress in Duluth, where we practice the status quo. If you’re a well-intentioned person looking to make your property income-generating, you have to wait in line and pay through the nose in time and money. But if you’re well-connected, like these guys are and RiverWest, you can do whatever you like whenever you like and get property at pennies on the dollar.