That's fool's gold and can bite you in the sack.

Then call your guys and ask how much they charge per lf of let's say wall framing, enter the info and you're goodThen add your general conditionsThen a table for tax, markup, etc.It stinks to make but it's worth twice its weight in gold.

Hello,Finding good contractors is like striking gold... 

Do you seperate your short term and long term gold or just throwing them together? 

I will share some Gold nuggets that I have come across for researching properties, addresses and owners of properties.  

@James ParkThank you for that gold mine of information!

@Nathan Sharp, you have been given a gold mine of information.  

So, you would say that the two key drivers, in order to protect any unforeseen downside are the following: (1) location (*which is worth its weight in gold), and (2) crunch the numbers (*need to make sure the mortgage, HOI, capex fund, and any other incidentals are covered).

Great ideas Brian Gibbons Steve Vaughan but I found that in some areas with high traffic intersections paying a guy 50 bucks for a couple of hours holding up a colorful sign and maybe thinking outside the box having him wear a costume to draw attention and make a "call to action" to do what ever the sign says works wonders...I mean the tax guys do it as well as "we buy gold" why not us

I'd be willing to buy the gold good luck ring on contract. 5% down, amortized over 30 years.