In most things that have to do with construction, you don't see more than a 10-15% spread between high and low - everyone gets their materials from the same place, hires out of the same labor pool, has to pay the same insurance, etc.

The GC, who's doing some of the work with his crew and outsourcing the rest, gave us labor+material prices for individual parts of the project (roof, kitchen, baths, deck etc) but not the material costs separately.

Drywall a  3 bed/2 bath for 1K labor.

. $100 and an hour or two of labor. 

The next is the upkeep - I watched a video of that gun and sure, if you already have masonry there it may be easier / cheaper especially if you're doing the labor. 

Maybe that holds true in smaller towns, but assuming there’s no shortage of labor (i.e. in SoCal), there are always contractors out there that are very good at their job and just not very good at marketing and not very good at charging enough money commensurate with their skill level.

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Leveraged labor, extra materials, dumpster fees and more to another investment property around the corner.

Leveraged labor, extra materials, dumpster fees and more to another investment property around the corner.

I think everyone is entitled to a roof over their head, but the business part of it batters us all and forces labor slavery upon people just in order to have this very basic need.