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@Mindy Horowitz

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Jeff

I thought I would share some pieces of the personal responses I received from my new "friend" here at BP.. Mr. @Brandon Turner.

Hah Jeff- well, I should update that thread. I tore off the siding and ... the bird musta got so scared it found its way up and out of the hole while I was cutting into the house. Then it fell down another, interior wall. Ugh. So I cut into that and got 2 birds out and put em outside. They are just about flyable - they should be able to fly in a day or two- so I put them under my house in the crawlspace. I think they'll be fine there, and the Momma is going in and out feeding them it seems.

However, it started raining so I didn't patch up the hole in my siding. And now the mama bird is building a nest in that wall! :) I gotta go out and fix that problem now.

@Brandon Turner Ughhh I gotcha re the exterior siding dilemma. Clients always wanted my crews to take the outside siding off instead of ruining the "Palace like" interiors. Due to their(the clients) lack of real world experience in construction they never understood it was easier to take down book cases/desks and sheet rock then ripping off siding (which often scare the animals to migrate to other parts of interior walls in the home) to die and stink up the joint. Especially when it was about to rain and covering an outside wall exposed to the elements could only lead to more trouble. Best part was after the clients saw all the work we had to do to get rid of the bird, bird nesting debris, spray disinfectant, and repair all the voids to the exterior of the home to prevent this from happening again they never questioned my now exorbitant labor intensive bill. I was then afforded tons of referral work re any future nuisance wildlife control work within the clients entire social and family network. The power of knowledge is awesome! I LOVE BP

@Jaime Penix

I read your initial post a number of times. Please articulate more clearly as to: What apparent knowledge through sharing you are seeking?

I checked your profile and blah blah blah financial freedom blah blah blah.

From this post I do not even know what kind of "deals"" you are doing. (FTR not only I but many others I share with hate the word "deals") Sounds like a money laundering Ponzi scheme you are seeking... Are you an investor or gambler in real estate? Are you a realtor, wholesaler, banker, flipper, B/Hr or ?. Have you put a true business plan together to include a realistic exit strategy?

Please I am not bashing as I am just seeking clarity.

As a reputable long lived real construction contractor (not paper pusher percentage taker GC or project manager) and REI I have always had enough work to put food on my table here in NJ (for 30 years straight) . Sometimes it was pasta sometimes steak but the reality is I have been employed while others were not. Why? I do what is right. Whether a flip where I changed out a single sink base in a bathroom for an investor or performed $300,000.00 work of high end restoration work on a 5 million dollar water front home. I enjoy what I do immensely. Sadly I will say that there are more "REI's" here in NJ than ever before (because of super storm "Sandy"). To many looking for fake bargains and not enough homes for inexperienced REI's. So what is happening for the REI's to make money they are performing repairs within their budget as apposed to the "correct" repairs with in the real budget to make there numbers work. I cannot save the world so I keep out of the flood zone areas and work along the fringes of the "safe zones" and all is good. Sure I am not doing the big buck gut jobs piece meal things back together stuff but I suspect I will get to the finish line faster than most. I really do not care whom I work for as long as I am able to do what is right and get paid a fair wage. What people think a fair wage is another story but then again as opposed to a foreign Dr. that works on one part of a single like same human body in a perfectly controlled environment with a million team members and makes millions of dollars a year. I work on thousands of parts of a home in the most adverse conditions to afford many humans to live in with a quarter the support as the Dr.at 25% the wage and I was born in the USA and keep my money here.

Absolutely! the "state public service workers" I rent to get a guaranteed salary for doing almost no work during the day so if they have to they easily could get a night time job to come up with the rent... those are the type of "felons" ur talking about, right?

I am a contractor and REI. I am at Home Depot every morning at 6. Either to get a quick cup of coffee or pick up supplies. Today a young woman was tailing me as I browsed the discounted tile and then the discounted perennials. As I was checking out at the pro desk she approached me and asked if I was the owner of the company my truck and shirt represented. I said "yes". She told me she had just inherited a property close by and was looking for a contractor. She went to the pro desk and they told them I was there every morning and always purchase a lot of different items and I re-habbed homes. Well after a brief conversation turns out she took the advice of BP and visited the home depot 3 days in a row and saw my truck there everyday... Thanks BP community... Now I just have to find the time for my crews to renovate a kitchen and two baths. Being honest I told her not for 6-8 weeks and she said no worries as family has to clear out the home. I told her I might be interested in buying the property. NO WAY that would be against the BP philosophy of B & H.

Note about birds. Birds get into dryer and exhaust hood vents all the time. They also (depending on species) will bring in a ton of nesting material to create a nest. In NJ we have chimney swifts to which a pair can collect 1 large garbage can of debris in a 24 hour period. This can cause carbon monoxide to back up into the home and or cause a fire. Birds can also carry mites to which you will blame your puppy or cat when in fact it is coming from the birds. Any more questions or animal issues PLEASE feel free to ask as I often can make suggestions only and save you a bundle.

Had a business that dealt with this all the time. Easier to open sheet rock at floor inside just above molding. First carefully use a large drill bit by hand (1/2-3/4) and make a small opening to confirm it is a bird not a squirrel or other feeding on baby birds. If it is a bird then duct tape a clear/white bag over a pre cut rectangle at 16oc by 3 inches high when the sheet rock falls into the bag the bird should follow if not just use heavy gloves to capure it and release outside

Again if I lived next door to this person I would initially be very compassionate. I f I felt someone was abusing a system and I went to the authorities and got the response my friend did I do not know what I would do after finding out all he did.

I agree someone would not live in a small squalor like condition UNLESS. This person has been followed to their professional siblings homes to which they allowed them to stay at there million dollar water front estate homes "most/some of the time". Again I agree with you about mental illness in which those that are truly effected and are truly disabled deserve assistance and compassion. I am liking this to those that have handicap placards on their car and are not handicapped but use it any way to get a better parking spot. Abuse of a system designed to offer assistance to those truly in need.