I’ve spent the last few months reading books, analyzing my market, watching trends, creating spreadsheets, mock budgets, estimating financials, doing calculations, designing rooms via SketchUp Pro, networking with suppliers, and vetting hard money lenders.

Stay the closest model as possible, arm yourself with the model number of existing unit and let the supplier match it best installation wise.

I use Kwikset for my Locks, Radio Thermostat Company of America for my Thermos, and any Alarm.com supplier will give you a lot of options.

and I have a 6k budget, this takes the games away, they get the business, I get the discount, usually works for suppliers and estimators/commercial contractors, not sure about residential contractors -- sometimes they are too sensitive about pricing.

Hello my name is Armando Diaz I am a general contractor and I have been doing multifamily and home rehab renovations and through out the years I have met so much people and I have a strong relationship with wholesale material suppliers, I can get the Sheetrock for $5.00 a sheet when Home Depot has it for $11.50 I can get new complete kitchen cabinet sets for $400 and also the granite fabricated to any measurements in $400 any type of construction material you name it and I can get it on a good price I can beat any price Home Depot and Sherwin Williams give you for 20 percent less.

I made a deal with my buddy that everything gets ordered from him so I have only one supplier....except flooring.This made him happy and the discount was considerable because he can now unload inventory he can't sell.

All of this and many other factors need to be considered running a restaurant.The biggest issue a one off restaurant faces is food quality and pricing.Small places can't order in massive quantities so do not have long term food contracts locked in at a set price like chains do.Instead food cost fluctuations can hurt a small restaurant plus the quality you get from a supplier might be good one week but the next a new company came in to the food supplier and gave them a cheaper deal to use their product and try it out.The new product may be better,the same, or worse.The problem is you pay the same price and charge the customer the same price as before but it might not taste as good.I don't know how you will buy this restaurant as you have no experience as an owner.You can't just open a restaurant and expect people to come in.A few will but not enough to make a great business.You have to pound the ground and press palms and get the product with free samples into people's mouths.This will generate buzz for your restaurant and create customers with a relationship.Customers are habit creatures.Get them a great experience,great food,decent price and you will get repeat business.

I also priced out new expresso shaker cabinets from a local supplier which would obviously be beautiful once installed.

Negotiate real estate contracts, secure suppliers, buyers and managed tenants. small commercial properties.

I don't know why your oil boiler is a PITA, but regular service from your oil supplier is often free, is it being serviced yearly?