Answering these questions thoroughly allows you to optimize your communication because, rather than casting a broad net and hoping something sticks (which is more or less the case with the method you were asking about), you target segments that have a natural affinity for your business.

From my observations most investors are better off going through a more natural progression of growth.

(a) A person may acquire an option or an interest in a contract to purchase real property and then sell or offer to sell the option or assign or offer to assign the contract without holding a license issued under this chapter if the person:(1)does not use the option or contract to purchase to engage in real estate brokerage; and(2)discloses the nature of the equitable interest to any potential buyer.

We don't get many natural disasters of this caliber so I'm not sure what to expect for the future.

In any case there is no taxable event yet.As far as your brother is concerned, it again depends on the nature of the transaction. 

It’s designed to capture all relevant details, including hours worked, descriptions of tasks, and the specific nature of the involvement.

Most building codes by nature will not approve a home that small, most have minimum square foot requirements.

And absolutely use an architect on any project that is large in nature. 1) Asking for references is the typical way of vetting a Contractor, but think about it...is a Contr. ever going to give you a bad reference?

., it's always difficult to answer questions of such general nature.

At same time there operations costs are also expanding due to wage inflation naturally fallowing the "everything inflation" so yeah....