@Tyler Hallman  Tyler, getting started is never going to be easy (not sugar coating it).

Does not sugar-coat anything.He has a self titled website along with other book titles.

@Bradley Bogdan Thank you. good adviceGrowing here for personal consumption and distribution as a caregiver is legal within the state and the rules are so complicated and ever-changing that not even the government here can keep up with the rule changes.

Preying on those with few resources, money, education, maturity in business playing on emotional strings of giving false hope and implying they have secrets to make them wealthy is about the lowest scam one can pull, only thing worse is selling sugar pills to cure a serious illness and letting people die.

And if you're paying retail prices, you're likely leaving a good bit of money on the table (if there's any money on the table at all :-).In Atlanta, I imagine most investors are building at well below half of RS Means pricing...It sounds like you are reporting RS means is for consumption by the general public and includes a mark-up from wholesale to retail pricing.

Interesting conversation.I was paying my last contractor $15/hour - which was his asking price, not my offer price, plus I paid his rent at $800 a month, plus petrol money, plus food, plus loans to the point where I basically became his Sugar Momma.I'm 27 by the way and he is 44.

Things like the smart vents from Keen Home (http://www.keenhome.io/smart-vent), predictive analytics applied to energy consumption in commercial buildings, etc.

After some research, I ended up with a home in sugar house which is close to shopping center and restaurants.

Please send me a "My Suger Pie" sugar cream pie from the same company name in Zionsville IN.

Texas should replace the property tax system with an appropriate consumption tax equivalent.