., $300 for paint and supplies) and add a fair hourly rate for labor.

In fact the demand is stronger than I've ever seen it, though prices are high.

This imbalance intensifies buyer competition, driving up home prices as demand outstrips supply.2.

I am the boots on the ground and provide all of the time and my partners supply the money.

Have you sent your material list to a supply house to be quoted, have you arrived at a quote with your subs?

The blessing was that my desire to get out of Corporate America was stronger than my lack of belief in myself.

.--- Another lawsuit resulted from owner's contractor taking down basement handrail to get supplies down the steps, then they didn't put it back and tenant fell down the stairs.- We also negotiate a reasonable completion date, depending on the Scope Of Work (SOW). --- Who gets all the phone calls and wastes time calming a tenant down because the owner's contractor doesn't show up as scheduled after they took time off from work or a 3 day job takes 3 weeks?

If you are priced well and the condition is great barring there is not a ton of supply, then you will sell quickly!  

But STR has restrictions here (2 bedrooms in Raleigh) (hence the hybrid option) and there is often diminishing returns when it comes to price versus number of rooms in our market in the locations I focus on. 3 bedroom numbers often are stronger and more attainable price wise than 5 in core Raleigh.

It comes down to supply and demand.