So your super basic P&L may look like: $30,000 Rents-$3,000 insurance expense -$9,000 interest-$3,000 taxes-$8,000 operating expenses-$14,000 depreciation ----------------$7,000 loss on paper for the year  so negative taxable income But remember- $14k of that (depreciation) was something we didn't actually spend money on- so cash in bank at year end would be $7,000. 

And guess what, if your using a proxy thinking that will protect from disclosure as an agent, nope, it doesn't, you have to disclose it even then. 

Stop hanging out with your deadbeat buddies who spend all day drinking, talking sports, and otherwise wasting away.

Website shows up as not protected domain - and no longer in existence that should say enough 

Then once you spend the money for that.. then the contractor will simply file a UNJUST Enrichment claim so your back to square one.. 

If it is a high-end project, I would spend on an actual lIcensed designer.

But then spend a day in craft and antique shops nearby and buy colorful artwork, accessories, throws etc. to give the space a local vibe.

Need to spend some quality time roaming around here to get a feel for it.Tony

Plus by going with you, they won't have the benefit of an agent's errors and omissions insurance, the support of their brokerage, and the experience an agent has in protecting their clients from everything that can go wrong in real estate transactions.

To get to where we are financially, we hadn’t outsourced much because we didn’t want to spend the money.