I appreciate all of your thoughts as it makes me sharper in what I am doing.And no, my attorney is not Ronald.

If rates remain high and the median price doesn't decline sharper in the first half, I expect another leg down in median values the second half of 2023. 

He's one of the sharper guys I've observed, and seems to have a really good handle on most aspects of this business.

He'll respect you for being willing to pay more for his work, and on future bids he'll know that his pencil needs to be a little sharper when bidding your jobs.

Extra points can be had if it includes a blog-roll like indexing (by date) and a in-scope search.I know there is the "followed topic" feature, but what I had in-mind has an even sharper point/focus than that.

Don't know maybe because they think their sharper then a surgeon's scalpel.

Contractually, this negates the process, unless agreed upon by both parties.For clients whom I'm representing as buyers, I also try to get the listing agent and sellers to agree to the inspection after SS approval, but even the listing agents are getting sharper for the reasons I stated above.

At the very least for the time and cost it makes your house just a bit sharper than the others for sale in the area.

Everything has a sharper clarity, and the division between what's essential and nonessential appears wider. 

You can also use a small drywall knife, a painter's scrapper ( smaller, harder and stiffer than the drywall knife or even a wood chisel ( smaller, harder, stiffer  and sharper than the scrapper) depending on how thick and hard the amount of spackle you want to remove is.