Example: when I am getting flooring for a project, I ask the flooring supplier what are the more popular floorings being used now, etc. 

If this closes, I'll be 10 miles from TSMC and Suppliers, once they extend 67th Ave to 303 (and close to 3 hospitals, 2 colleges, Westgate Entertainment, USAA, Cigna, Farmers, PetSmart, Discover, MassMutual, Cintas, UnitedHealthcare, FedEx, Waste Management, Honeywell).  

Experienced contractors have credit with suppliers and don't have to pay for many things right away. 

This makes it probably the most honest earned money in RE - because you actually made things better for society by improving a property that needed it, paying contractors and suppliers and providing needed housing to the public.

Well, regarding "acting in my own interest," I was the supplier of properties.

Same with roofing and siding suppliers.

I don't get it, but that's the way it is.Btw, I have an awesome cabinet and carpet supplier (both local to Atlanta).

There’s a level of trust in our supplier-contractor relationship, which I see as another layer of insulation in making a deal work with terms between him and I.

You should be able to go to your local lumber supplier and tell them you need framing lumber and they will set you up. 

People just has lot of equity, most RE transaction occured between 2010-2018 and all of them are doing fine by now.The very actual reason why we have a dip of real estate price between June 2022-Dec 2022, is not because of foreclosure/employment, but because there're too many FOMO supplier trying to catchup a bid.