Talent can push rates up slightly, but I don't think for the bulk of development activities employers are going to pay a major premium relative to the value you can deliver because of a shortage of labor.  

This is a mechanism of the California purchase agreement and the seller agrees to deliver a unit vacant (if you negotiate it that way).  

Violation of Fair Housing.I am seeing buyers getting creative and delivering them to the sellers if the property is owner-occupied. 

They are doing one of the following:1) Hiding their charge somewhere2) Charging by the hour, but then you don't know what they are paying their maintenance people (so, cost is again hidden)3) Will only handle small maintenance issues and wither tell you to handle the larger ones or they will get bids and build in a markup4) They'll provide poor service because they are not adequately staffed to deliver on all their promises.

I  bet most of my SMS are not getting delivered or the owners put my phone number on block. 

I don't know your exact situation, but if you have cash on the sidelines, you could potentially invest in a syndication delivering double digit returns.

Contracts specifically notes delivered vacant.

Today I delivered the keys to the tenants who relocated from another state.

Windows and doors are finally being delivered!  

They can deliver the property to you cleared as they want the raw material.