Prices do feel very high (but will we look back in 10-20 years and think, "wow, prices in 2024 were so cheap"?)

After all this is not retail business, it's mean to find and supply cheap properties to investors many of whom rely on HML to finance the project.

I'm not thrilled with work I've seen but I think that is b/c the homeowners chose cheap materials.3.

I just know Cleveland has always had a large population and they've always had cheap prices (for a reason).

Aloha Dirk,  Like in most places,  Hawaii has a mix bag of contractors from really good reasonably  priced ones to dirt cheap shady ones that do shoddy work that could lead to fire (bad electrical work) or health issues (mold) for tenants.

Having the assessment coverage on your condo policy is cheap and can save you some pain. 

Its not cheap, but way more worth it to get the job done!

Well here's what we ran into, David:You by and large need white trim if you're going to do cheap vinyl replacement windows, any sort of easy quarter-round on the floor.

Just like when tickets for a Steelers game are expensive you generally have more respectful fans, when they get cheap you get more people getting hammered and being jerks. 

@John Williams politicians at all levels of government are taking away landlord property rights to protect slum-tenants.We'll soon be like Ontario, Canada where they can't charge application fees or security deposits and it takes 12 months to evict a tenant.Unfortunately, landlords are too cheap to make political donations to stop the madness:(