Know how to turn off your water, gas and electric service; and keep the necessary tools in your vehicle.Know how to do basic roofing: shingles, 2 part roll roofing, flashing and tar.Know how to replace an electric breaker, light switch and outlet.Have a RUP license (Restricted Use Pesticide).Know how to do basic welding (Stick, MIG or gas; no need for TIG).Have a box type animal trap, and know what to do with a trapped feral or wild animal that is a problem.Know how to do common repairs to major appliances (broken air circulating fan in a fridge, thermal fuses in a dryer, agitator dogs and transmission coupling in a washer, blower motors & capacitors in central heat/air, gas thermocouples in water heaters and space heaters, know how to clean a pilot light orifice, etc).Know how to do concrete and asphalt work.Know how to do small engine repair (mowers, chainsaws, weedeaters).Know how to detect and remedy gas and water leaks.

Otherwise, it will at best be an estimate, otherwise known in the trade as a WAG - a wild-*** guess. 

Short sales are tough in central Texas because we don't have wild equity swings and the foreclosure process is rapid.

You won't be too impressive if you go into a bank with a wild shirt and cutoffs!

It looks like the Wild West out there right now - literally!

So you can imagine how many get turned in my GC and Developers if they get a wild hare.And its not a STUPID rule its a great rule.. it protects the industry gives it conformity and protects the buyers of the properties they know that their homes have been rehabbed our built by licensed companies not some Johnny lunch bucket white collar investor who wants to be a flipper and not follow the rules

:roll: Like most every one I agree that the hours can vary wildly.

Buckle up and have fun...real estate can be a wild ride.

There's money to be made for sure of course, but the market is very different and it's kind of the wild west compared to the US when it comes to regulation, which means higher risk.

The investor activity in this corner of Greenville is wild, I somehow managed to throw myself into the gorilla pen.Great Shoeless Joe collection here: http://www.blackbetsy.com/phot...