If I am hired to dig a 10ft square hole 10 ft deep for $1000 , I could send 2 men with shovels and get the job done in 20 hours .

And, like it or not, and we all had to deal with it back in the day, there is a most definite prejudice when it comes to hiring decisions for older, stabler men in the kinds of positions you're describing.

But I don't expect men to think about that; they live in a different world than we do. 

@Theresa Harris - Interesting.. most of the people I know with rentals are men or married men/women.

I graduated from a small liberal arts college for men (Wabash College) in Crawfordsville, IN with a double major in English Literature and Fine Art.

We would like the agent to provide us with the market in the area and the demographic of buyers in the area and who we would market to (I.e. commuters, families, single men/women, minimalist, etc)Title Company/Realestate Attorney that will be able to review the contract, conduct a title search, and be able close a subject to deal and pay the holding cost(mortgage) through escrow.In all, I was intrigued with this deal due to Albertinny’s determination, open minded and awesome personality but the ability to take control of a property for under $10k is what really sold me.

As men we always like to take action, sometimes the best action is insuring the basics are taken care of right. 

But one I'm pretty solid on is that the skills gap and shortages are worse in some places in the USA than in others, as are general skills levels on the part of subcontractors and expectations of acceptable work.I also think it's hard to argue that the school systems and general educational policies of this country are very wrongly focused on convincing young people that working in the trades is vaguely disgraceful and beneath the dignity of young men and women of intelligence and ability.

They believe in giving second chances to men who have messed up bad but are sincere in making a better life with better choices.

Fortunately I have a large family of tradesmen who I consider to be my old wise men.