It's not an insignificant amount of hard capital and that doesn't factor into the soft costs like losing out of deals because you had to deal with "the IT guy" instead of vetting deals.  

A bottle of multi-purpose cleaner, like Fantastic, a roll of paper towels, a 6-pack of TP, a 1-lb package of spaghetti, jar of pasta sauce, frozen garlic bread in the freezer. 

The counter top is quartz and all the cabinets are real wood/ soft close functionality.  

I would assume driving or pushing a pier through sand and soft clay if much easier then gravel and rock.

Walk softly but don't be afraid to wield the stick!

They default to "well its complicated software so I couldn't possibly"...but you should be able to explain why you are saying what you are saying....shouldn't you? 

Make sure to find out about the soft costs, like permits, impact fees, etc.

We start with a soft approach with a service attitude and it works well for us.

The clog was due to a pen and some paper towels, which I made sure to have the plumber document on the invoice.

I haven't yet but need to.  Well