Find the code and study it.I believe that many states if not most allow for an contractor's license exemption if the owner acts as GC playing the role as owner-builder of his/her's own home. 

Since i am not familiar in those 13 pages contract it will delay me coz i have to study those technical terms inside the contract.

@Chris Petzy A new study shows that 40 million Americans live in flood zones vs the 14 million estimated by FEMA.

It was just really, really bad and we just were completely blind on our numbers.Initially I studied QB for Landlords and even set up our accounts/chart of accounts.

I would consider leaving it in the "Library / Study" for the scholarly types that might drop in.

It depends on how the study determined the results/rankings and if it was based on data provided at certain dates being researched (long-term/short-term, etc). 

To the point of the OP, a big part of success is studying other successful people, consistenly doing all you can to learn from them and develop the habits that help those people and then often it's having the patience and fortitude to last long enough for your 'lucky break/s' to come.

There are a gazillion ways to get cheated when you purchase.If you want to get involved in the jewelry market, start studying.

Hey, my neighbor needs surgery but has no health insurance, so i'll go to a medical doctor site, read about surgical techniques and then offer to perform the surgery for my neighbor.It never ceases to amaze me that people with no knowledge or experience think they can be successful in real estate; what it really is is an arrogance that devalues the ability, experience, knowledge of those that have studied and performed successfully in the field for many years.

There are many other facets to it.I got into it because it was a passion of mine to do so and I finally found a way to pull the trigger.Flexability, freedom, no limit to how much you can make, no boss telling you what to do, active+passive options, and so much more is what attracts me and lots of others to this.In fact, if you like at many financial studies, the largest portion of the rich got there through RE investments, more so than inheritance, stocks, hard work, high paying jobs, etc.