My goal in real estate is be able to live comfortably off of the passive income from my investments, getting away from my day job as a scheduling manager at a mid-size heavy metal fabrication company.  

Depends on quantity and style of granite, some slabs are more than others, but typically, slabs run me about $400-$600 plus fabrication and install.

The GC looked at it, brought his electrician in and said, "The box is too old to find a new cover and building codes don't allow us to fabricate a new one, so it will be $2000 to replace the entire panel."

Myself, I always strive to be [blowhard bragging removed].Anyway, as you know I make millions of dollars by [total fabrication deleted] and would like to help people by [solicitation removed].

.   :^) I come from the production world and I can tell you that much of the "drama" is fabricated, the timelines are compressed, and the numbers are fudged. 

As far as looks are concerned, the top veneer of eng'd is real hardwood, only the composition of the underlay is fabricated therefore is not much of a difference in look once it's laid.  

This became a top restaurant manager, then went to work on windmills and becoming one of the only qualified people in his industry holding certain certifications, he did this for about 10 years and for the last two years he worked there built a fabrication business on the side and grew that into his main hustle.

A note holder that fabricates payment records without an audit trail.....well, that's just fraud.Now I'm guessing that these "Note Brokers" are buying notes without the files which reduces the last holder's liability significantly and the reason for better discount?

You could lighten the room with fabric choices. 

I'm a GC and have two or three stone supplier / fabricators that I work with on a regular basis.