Due to California's highly regulatory environment building new homes is very difficult.

(Not to the people who were hurt of course; but to the federal regulatory agency.)

My most vivid memories are walking along the Gold Coast and body surfing in Sydney.2005-2008 (Seattle, WA): I spent part of my time doing RE deals, and the rest of my time pursuing hobbies and interests such as paragliding, programming projects, and some travel.2011-2012 (Delaware, New York, Connecticut): I did lots of back-road cycling, 8 Broadway shows, 1 cruise to Bermuda, 1 18-day self-guided cycling tour through France, and some ballroom dance lessons.

The way the industry is structured from my experience the electrician often 'may' oversee the project, but typically you engage with a 'turnkey' solar type company to do all of the following:front end financial analysisget through the regulatory process and most utilities require filing what's called an 'interconnection agreement'bring in an engineer like me to draft plans, as requiredthen once the interconnection has been approved, they shop the install to an electricianoften in house resources from that solar company are used to actually mount panels and do most of the LV wiring, and they will leave the 120/240 etc wiring to the electricianGranted, the above process unfortunately has a lot of 'soft costs' built in that drive up the cost of these types of projects for a homeowner, but they still do pencil out in some cases.  

It's a huge pain depending on how responsive and cooperative the governing body is.

What are the regulatory restrictions on leverage?

My parents and I purchased a mobile home park 10 yrs ago that had an operating gang and a murder with the body dumped into our dumpster the night before we took over.

A; I believe that this was begun back during the first Bush's admin and B, typical of any regulatory agency, they are inept at notifying/educating about upcoming reg's and then expect everyone to comply.

Know your subject matter inside and out, anticipate questions that can arise and have your response so that it is instant, without hesitation.I know I'm rambling but stick with me here, body laungage and facial expressions are improtant too.

Stain is extra but this includes all the millwork around windows and floors etc. so 2k sq house  4 to 4500 to paint interior   same for exterior thats body of house trim and seperate door color Another 4 to 4500 for grand total of 9k.. for a 2k sq ft new build in Portland market.