Ship around for a broker that meets your needs.

This is of course contrary to what is popularly believed as put forth by those selling mentor ships.

That ship sailed years ago.

I have not found an advisor that does both so you will ultimately have to guide your own ship along with your wife.

I ended up get the appliance and all other materials like light fixtures, bath fixtures, toilets, and other odds and ends at Lowe’s.Another reason I am glad I chose local was the return policy and quickness of getting a replacement addressed in less time than the online vendors who either required the return in hand before shipping out another, or, still having to wait another week for the replacement.

I always feel bad for "dumb" money get gets thrown in low income areas-- those are the houses that aren't finished, get robbed,  go over budget and they just abandon ship.   

You also hear this from big time investors who are looking to sell mentor-ship programs.Of course some of these can be legit win win situations but my guess is few if anyone makes the 5-10K consistently they promise.

Nothing focuses your mind like burning the ships.

I bought a lot of my stuff from Amazon and had it shipped directly to the home.

And what a crazy, short journey it has already been...I am a project manager for a shipping/distributing company and my wife works in health care; I am pretty handy and my wife is an avid HGTV watcher.