I’m getting a budget together now with quotes from contractors and suppliers.

A few of the big turnkey suppliers in Atlanta at the time were actually from Orlando and had moved up to Atlanta specifically to do turnkeys up there.

One time they even refunded by deductible as the sued the line supplier. 

We buy from local suppliers as well.

Amazon is always changing rules and with the inconsistency of most suppliers and return rate of customers you can get your account suspended.

Make sure you going to suppliers not retailers. 8 foot by 26” should be Available just under $300 with 8 feet of 6” backsplash.

He'd take his F250 to the rock supplier, fill'er up, and we'd unload it by hand.

So these folks should be viewed differently and afforded different protections than suppliers/manufacturer/distributors/stores that a "salesperson" would be dealing with...if a business allows itself to be ripped off that's very different than preying on regular citizens. 

The problem also when soliciting bids, is different scope, you need to tell each and every contractor what you want, write it down, print it, give it to them for pricing, be as specific as possible, have samples from your local supplier store if possible, if not, let them know to give you a price limit on estimates, say "put up a budget of $150 for the toilets, ill pick a design at home depot later".  

I also found the second article helpful as it ranked the top cities for remote work based on criteria like broadband speed and affordability highlighting some cities/markets not on my radar.https://bigtechnology.substack...The key beneficiaries of this year’s tech migration are less buzzy cities like Madison, Wisconsin; Richmond, Virginia; and Sacramento, California.