We hired another contractor (a church friend of a realtor that we'd used in the past and we trust this realtor 100%) and paid him $15,000 to start the same project and everything went great; he completed demolition, installed the new roof, and got some permits (roof permit, electrical, and plumbing).

We talked to another guy recently who made nearly six figures installing chrismas/holiday lights.

He wants us to install permanent heating in all the bedrooms which will cost alot of money that we don’t have.   

Really competitive pricing, and their electricians are super knowledgeable and do great work.For HVAC, Standard Heating and AC have done quality work on an AC installation, as well as servicing multiple furnaces at my properties.I don't have a good rec on a plumber in the area - all of the outfits in the twin cities I've contacted that have more than 2 employees seem to not want to touch small/medium-sized jobs, and overbid pretty aggressively as a result.  

I assume that land sellers even in states like FL and GA still use CFD/land installment contracts.

Would you purchase your HVAC stuff and then have an HVAC company come in to install?

I use Schlage locks for under $150 each because they are easy to install, easy to use, and never fail.

You may have to spend a few bucks to install a camera, and stipulate in  the lease they use only their can.

I've never seen anyone that can accurately tell you if a house, stock, precious metal is going to go up or down.

Installing quarter round trim saved $1k.