It sounds like you're going about things very deliberately and intelligently.

All the background work that is done to be even able to start a job takes time, patience, intelligence, hard work ethic, relationship building, trustworthiness, etc.

Cris, I could not speak intelligently on those areas, as they are not where I focus.

By the way, IKEA has a one-year full refund guarantee – go figure.Yes you will have paid some “tuition“ but have avoided paying for a full-fledged renovation, gained certainty, and you’ve gained a lot of intelligence: is this strategy feasible, how does the area react to short term rental, is this a viable strategy to think bigger not just for this investment but for future investments.Let me know how it goes ;-)

By the way, going to college or having a degree or degrees has no direct correlation of how intelligent a person is.

Being able to speak intelligently to buyers and sellers about the local community and market, the up-and-coming areas, etc. always beneficial.

Im intelligent enough to know saving money will not get us to the goal we have.

It will take time.As a syndicator, of course, I'm biased but also more than happy to add my insights to your journey of gathering intelligence.

Higher emotions lead to lower intelligence.

You’ll be able to talk much more intelligently to the contractor then!