If necessary, I will also put together rough floor plans with notes & floor plan changes to help visualize the project.On my detailed scope of work, I will provide a list of the materials that are CFCI or OFCI (Contractor-Furnished, Contractor Installed or Owner Furnished Contractor Installed)...By limiting the contractors proposal to rough materials & labor, this gives me ample time to finalize the finish selections on the project.Once the finishes are selected I will make a bulk delivery from Lowes/Home Depot to have all or most of the materials on-site (sitting in the garage), ready to be installed by the contractor.Here are my thoughts on advantages / disadvantages of OFCI Finish Materials, & I would love to hear everyone's thoughts:Advantages of OFCI Finish MaterialsOwner takes risk on materials - cost, procurement, scheduling & delivery is Owner's responsibilityContractor has less estimating risk - Contractor eliminates the quantity survey, & material estimating from his scope...Less estimating = Less RiskContractor spends less time estimating - Contractor saves time estimating the project because he doesn't have to look up SKU#s and prices for all of the OFCI finish materialsMinimize material changes & material change orders - Owner can make material changes/fixture changes without hassling the contractor & requiring a change orderSaves Project Management Time - Owner spends his time procuring, purchasing & delivering materials to the job site, so the contractor doesn't have to...Owner can save money on the materials - During the planning period, the Owner can shop around, find coupons/deals to save money on materials...The Owner may also save on contractor markupOwner can build business credit & Southwest Airlines points by purchasing materials :)Disadvantages of OFCI Finish MaterialsOwner is responsible for procurement/scheduling - If the owner doesn't purchase the finish materials according to the schedule or doesn't purchase enough material, the project can be delayed, costing the Contractor time & moneyContractor loses out on extra markup on materials - Contractor will lose out on material mark-up...On the last point, Contractor Loses out on Material Markup - The contractor doesn't need the Owner's finish material cost to markup their bid...If the project has $10,000 worth of OFCI materials & the contractor typically marks up material 15%, then that's an extra $1,500 worth of material markup...What's preventing you from just bumping your labor estimate by $1,500?

Also I work for a major airline and can get anywhere and would like to expand this idea to other states one day.

Can I place a smart tag on a vacuum cleaner that's kept in an apartment building's 1st floor laundry room, allow tenants on the 1st and 2nd floors to borrow it, then accurately bill them per hour?

I would not hesitate to buy a 'scarred' property, however I would also apply  a heavy discount to the value of the property a fashion my offer accordingly.That being said, you need to weigh other factors that might influence the recurrence of a crime in the building like location, trending of the neighborhood etc...as well as how recent the crime was committed.The decision cannot be made in a vacuum, and the factors are both objective and subjective.

Carpet in your condition is usually steam cleaned not vacuumed.

This stuff, when removed (disturbed) has to be removed with HEPA vacuum as it is peeled away and PPE.

The rest are sales pitch, motivation, family, movie clips, and a lot on how to raise limits of your credit cards and get your 401K self-directed to make it easier for FortuneTakers to vacuum all that money out of you. 

Purchase a hand auger from a local hardware store, snake out every year and then vacuum out the trap completely with a wet vac after running clean water through it for a period of time prior to vacuuming.

Looked at in a vacuum, it can be misleading for either residential or commercial.

The writing is on the wall, it's just a matter of time they will move out completely. when that happens, it will leave a big vacuum in the local economy.