Most of the problem is a great deal of mismanagement on many different levels from state level, transportation, utilities, etc.

You can have all your skus for vanities, lighting, cabinets, counters, cabinet hardware, shower and toilets, tile, grout, flooring, etc. listed and measured and quantified to be ready to order or ordered and ready to pick up.If you are buying cabinets that need assembly, such as Ikea, you can get them assembled ahead of time, but that makes transport more difficult.

I'd go the 1099 route since they have incentives to acquire accounts and will incur mileage.Although if you are providing the transportation from location to location then you may want to consider them an employee.3.

The notable exception is with new(er) construction apartments that have lots of amenities, but those tend to be in different areas as it is due to growth patterns and available raw land for development There are of course other factors such as proximity to transportation, shopping, schools, etc., that can add or subtract from the rent.

Think about the assembly line, transportation, medicine and vaccines, the Internet, etc -- these are all massive innovation drivers that created millions of jobs and generated huge economic booms in this country for the past 100 years.Innovation doesn't happen in a vacuum...innovation is kick-started through education and research.

@Junior Correa  Just curious, are you aware that a freezer transported any way but upright needs to sit a minimum of 24 hrs before being plugged in?

We see it in transportation & warehousing and now more and more in technology & broadband.  

You might want to check outside your immediate area because transport would probably be less than the location premium you seem to have. 

Fish get transported to some pretty unusual places. 

Subtract plowing, planting, seed costs, fertilizer, herbicides, fungicides, harvesting, transport, and sales fees you might scrape $10-$50 an acre if you can find someone to take pity on you and not charge you a fortune to do the work.