Book Dr. Merritt

Bring me one thing you’re stuck on. A site you’re weighing, a number that won’t work, a next step you can’t see clearly — whatever is actually in front of you right now. I’ll read it the way I read my own deals: what’s sound, what’s missing, and what I’d do next if it were mine. Thirty minutes, one on one, no preamble. Come with the documents if you have them — a site address, a pro forma, a term sheet. The specific questions get the most out of this call. You’ll leave knowing where you stand.

Every one of my companies — housing, deal structuring, workforce, jobs — started with a conversation like this one. Bring me your project. A nonprofit with land and a vision, an agency with a community to serve, a developer whose capital stack won’t close, a contractor chasing local hiring goals, a funder who believes people are assets and not obstacles: all of it belongs on this call. In thirty minutes my team and I will listen to where you are, ask the hard questions, and tell you honestly whether we’re the right partner and what it takes to move. No pitch. No pressure.

Some decisions you only get to make once. A capital stack that won’t close. A partner term you’re not sure you should sign. A negotiation you’re walking into next week. A public-private structure you have to get right the first time. Bring it to me before you commit, not after. Thirty minutes on your actual situation, with 30+ years of development and $6B+ underwritten behind the read — what I’d push on, what I’d walk away from, and where the risk really sits. This is the call before the call that matters.