Labor is much cheaper than other parts of the US.

Also a lot of the "deals" in the Subto community are highly overpriced and charging more than market price most of the time.IF you are still curious or would like to see, I am happy to connect with you, show you the Subto videos and trainings if you'd like from the courses.

Hiring someone to do the work will likely cost too much (I would charge a small fortune, it's an incredible amount of work) and doing things as cheaply as possible will bite you in the *** later when you start having issues with your own shoddy work and/or materials.

Tell him that you are running out of funds and you hadn't planned on the extra 20% he's charging on each bill. 

Once you make some money - you will prove the concept and once you prove it, you will have a skill that you can charge a lot from and then use it to make more income and then invest in RE ;) 

Yup and its a joke when you have these proclamations from those running for pres that they are going to magically accelerate construction.. they can do it if they want to pay 100% of it.. but if they expect the private sector that has to work through local zoning etc.. that aint happening and you cant force people to sell the land cheaper than they think its worth or can get on the open market just because we need starter housing.

Quote from @Aaron Wolman: Yes, these charges are fair.

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Owner occuppied loans regualted in every state .. must have state license and NMLS registration.NON owner occ loans on 1 to 4 units are regulated same way in about 15 statesin the other states they are unregulated.Keep in mind though investor loans do not follow the same rules as owner occ and rates can change charges can change closing dates can be blown through etc

My cleaners take a video after every turn, my team goes in to check everything is good after cleaning and record salt and PH level logs and I have a licensed plumber who is in charge of maintaining plumbing, water heater, and boiler system with logs.