Rates are slightly higher but as mentioned a lot less red tape and hoops to jump through.

Take photos to prove it was delivered to her (i.e. tape it to her bedroom door, whatever, may want to mail it also certified). 

They now have to skew investment into their aging condo complexes through utilizing red tape on single family homes. 

Its basically a one inch channel in a truss installed by the factory that 1 inch fire board slides into, and then they use fireproof tape thats like duct tape and you don't even have to fire mud it going up to the deck.Nice job on the rafters, don't see that much in my area, most the framers around here couldn't do a simple 5/12 pitch like that, everything is trusses in my area, they even trusses dormers here.

Always buy top of the line paints because the most expensive ingredient in paint is the part that makes it stick like glue.The bottom edge is a problem area which I have solved by using plastic Z-bar and taping the seam with blue masking tape before painting.

He would even travel to Philly for me sometimes if I had an emergency with a rental.The work he has done for me ranged from painting entire interior and exterior of home (his father owns a painting company), venetian plaster, skim coating, taping, installing appliances, etc.

If I were in your shoes, I would go to work for a successful developer and learn from someone that is actually in the business instead of a career professor who probably can't use a tape measure.

After spending the whole weekend viewing/listening to their training tapes, the system is not as simple as originally described. 

Previous owner literally did one building but no taping, fire caulk or inspections. 4 of the units require me to pull up flooring and pour on a concrete leveler to a certain thickness over the subfloor to get my rating between those units and the studios.

Nolan Martineau In the city where all my rentals are located - I can tape it to the door and take a pic and that is good enough.