I stayed on top of the placement of ours & my sons new build because your avg HVAC guys will take a lot of short cuts.

I found out later that he did the same thing to other lenders who will never see their money again.The lesson was never to take shortcuts on my due diligence ever again.

Not only does it take a little bit of a haphazard approach to the borrower but it also ignores the process and final outcome of a foreclosure.

I have no problem taking courses to get a license (not trying to take short cuts) but according to the requirements, I do not have the work experience in the industry to even apply.

Don't look for short cuts or personal "improvements" until you've had enough experience to justify such.

There's no shortcut down that road.

I gutted an older 'model' home for my daughter.I forgot :):) to get permits & the Building Inspector showed up& immediately started to ***** about all the code violations.I reminded him that other than exposing it I hadn't yet started on the wiring, plumbing not to mention the gas line hookups & the 'illegal' (his words) furnace exhaust.The short cuts taken were amazing esp in the wiring.

You have probably already said it, but there are no shortcuts in anything you do especially not when it comes to your morals and ethics.

But there's no short cut, other than perhaps winning the lottery.

See my 11 March post (above) for more on that.I don't know a shortcut or rule of thumb for BER.