When I first moved to Massachusetts, it was difficult to find a friend group who knew their way around power tools,  however this summer I have made a few new friends that have benefited me greatly.

yes. unless you pay for the entire bill or you like problems when you try to collect electrical bill.

If you are gutting kitchens & bathrooms, opening up walls, altering the floorplan, relocating or otherwise upgrading plumbing and electric, and then the plan is to immediately flip the property and you don't wish to get sued into oblivion after the sale if anything should go wrong, then yes, pull permits and used a licensed, bonded general contractor.If on the other hand this is your personal residence and you just want to paint, change some trim and flooring, and freshen up the bathrooms and kitchen without gutting or moving stuff around, then you may be ok without permits.There are many shades of gray between those scenarios too ...

With that being said I am trying to structure and build my Power Team of good, quality, and ethical team members to work with.

Local knowledge can be really powerful, but everyone has to assume from time to time, so a local can also put limitations on you as well.

With that being said I am trying to structure and build my Power Team of good, quality, and ethical team members to work with.

With that being said I am trying to structure and build my Power Team of good, quality, and ethical team members to work with.

Having the right people in place and building your power team allows you make calculated risks.

Electric and plumbing are updated with no issues.

However, if you are going to build condos or townhouse or apartments, you might still need to trench everything to get larger supply and waste lines along with more power onto the site.