Most of the time, the home warranty takes a long time to approve your repair, reach the property, and then they use low-quality materials.

Sounds like you need to have a relationship with a couple of good contractors, 40k for vinyl siding sounds high, what was the material cost.  

Too many flakes and dream merchants (using my material to teach while stealing your wallet and offering to help you look for it!).

However, for building materials, we get 99% of them from the four mentioned!

There’s a rigid plastic type material that’s used in dairies and on farms that I’ve seen used.

If you're still interested, take a trip to the site once ground has been broken.The flashy marketing material for a new development is great, but don't put your money at risk for something that's likely to vaporize.

And remember, authentic content that reflects your unique perspective and experience will always be more impactful than recycled material.

I am 70% thru the materials and will likely go back and do a quick review of all materials before siting for the exam.

Focus on tax-saving strategies such as cost segregation studies and bonus depreciation to accelerate deductions.By qualifying as a Real Estate Professional (spending 750+ hours annually and materially participating), you can offset your wife’s S-Corp income with real estate losses, reducing your tax liability.

However, he asked me to sign a one-year Exclusive Right to Represent agreement, as presented to him by his brokerage.His interpretation is that it applies only when he materially assists me, but I think the boilerplate brokerage language he was given reads much more broadly:"If during the term of this Agreement Buyer enters into a contract for the purchase of Property through the services or efforts of the Broker or Buyer’s Brokerage Firm, or by or through any other persons during the term of this Agreement" (emphasis mine).My concern is that, under my interpretation, if a fellow real estate investor wants to unload a property or if I get pointed to an opportunity by a former agent, colleague, or friend, this agreement could create an obstacle to moving forward with the deal.In the end, I didn’t sign.