For the material participation test, the easiest way to get it is Via the 100 hours and worked more than anyone else.

In this area, the two soils engineers I've used most often are McDowell and Associates, and Soils and Materials Engineers (SME) - but I don't know if they have branch offices in the area near your problem site.Best of luck with it!

We met ALL of the criteria for our private money lenders being 'Friends & Family' and they all have agreed to receive email communications from us.

Most of the material used comes from non U.S. friendly countries. 

It's uncertain what will happen with deportations but it is certain that the border will be materially closed down. 

Does that include materials and labor?

My cost to build a 900 sf to 1,200 sf container home is about $90 / sf and that cost comes down in a production environment where materials can be purchased in quantities and the workforce is working on a standard floorplan with multiple units in process simultaneously.

Best to err cautiously and not really anticipate changes until they are material.

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Code Enforcement in my market has just recently started, as part of their tenant turnover inspections, to document the material composing the water inlet pipes where they enter into the basement.