On the large-ticket items, a very valuable trip is going to see your local tool repair shop, and asking them for recommendations on brand, etc.  

Nab a ticket at GuildSummit.com

I would rather just put the stuff on separate tickets.

I probably spend less time making decisions on big ticket items like roofs, kitchen cabinets or flooring vs bathroom fans!

I'd say any national insurance company would entertain insuring thousands of properties, but forming an association for the sole purpose of buying insurance is a no-no in states so you'll need a mission, like promoting investor education or some-such.I'm sure you can get vacation package discounts, theme park and show tickets, cell phone plans.....an endless list I'm sure when you have thousands of members. :)

Derekthe best way to confirm pricing is to get individual quotes for the big ticket items, hvac and plumbing you could possible have all the work be done by 1 mechanical contractor, and roofing, drywall, electrical get at least 2 quotes for each and consider contracting with them yourself and not thru your gc, elimanting markup upon markup. and for the leveling of the concrete are you also excavateing so that you will meet mininum code for ceiling height?

But, that's like the large groups of investors who try to exploit lotteries by waiting for the payout to exceed the expectation, and then buy every ticket to guarantee a profit (though this strategy has its own flaws).To sum up my beliefs -- there are only three ways to make money on real estate appreciation:1.

If you've lost your license for these offenses, an autonomous car is your ticket back to life.

I've seen Lakers tickets on the same table as the food stamp card in an apartment in Compton, and so many other such examples of the leaches on society.

I like to think big :)At the moment we are using a ticketing system at work called RT which is open sourced but only is supported on Linux.