You have to be very selective, and you need a long-term outlook to make sense a building in Chicago.

The way you describe it, it seems like its more than just inexpensive material selections.  

If it is i am with @Greg Scott  if you have vetted the contractor and they are licensed for what you are doing and you checked references then let the PM know you have selected someone else. 

We currently do not have a home selected IF we were to sell but we are thinking the Lake Stevens/Snohomish or Cashmere/Peshastin area if possible.

Essentially he rehabs his properties to make them undeniably high quality (not just "good enough" for section 8) in order to generate a huge demand and thus be able to be extremely selective in his tenant screening process. 

It's listed in the events here on BP under Zen and the Art of Real Estate Investing.

My firm is looking to branch into land development. We have experience and have had success in the commercial world. From opportunity identification through to disposition. 
The GCs we use on our commercial project...

Art must be exchanged for art.

For folks that have gone the single color route, how do you do sheen selection?

I assume if you are a reasonable person you would select option (a).