I could pick up a second job in the time I'd spend commuting all the way to Stockton..... and live somewhere closer.I say this as someone who just spent nearly an hour this AM to get to work about 18 miles door to door and 2hrs isn't unheard of on the evening commute.Even this would be better optionhttps://www.redfin.com/CA/Fairfield/2418-Bay-Hill-...then either amtrak into Oakland or Ferry into SF.

I think they even had a baby, unheard of today.

A 1% deal around here is unheard of which is why I am open to other markets. 

Tracking down to the individual parts is virtually unheard of in construction precisely because it's so tedious and expensive to do it.Problem 2 - Make people buy things on separate receipts and mark the receipts for each job.Quickbooks premier is about the best off-the-shelf solution you're going to get without spending huge bucks on a custom program.

All this has to be discussed prior to agreement.Now, if you trust this person - then half down to cover labor and material costs and half upon completion is not unheard of.

That is unheard of here. 

I'm located in SF Bay Area, and have found a major fixer for a multifamily (the pictures reveal a need for new kitchens, for whoever was there,  took everything that makes a kitchen a kitchen) The price for this property is a little less than $100000 which is unheard of here.

Here in Illinois that would be unheard of.

It is not unheard of for a buyer to pay 5-10k more on price to get a 5-10k credit toward closing.

This is unheard of in the previous 5 years.