They are a local broker - not a national chain. 

If there are people walking around, are they all young men or are there women, seniors, or kids walking around and check to see if there are bars on windows and chain link fences.

Interested on this chain as well as I'm looking for turnkey providers as well.

(Assuming you can’t take local hardware trips for higher end materials) Are there any national chains that focus in higher end materials?

Yes I’d agree with you on that, unless you’re getting it at a 25 plus percent discount.On an unrelated note if you’re ever near Raleigh, NC I’d love to take you out for a meal.  

it would be over run with wholesaler daisy chains and a complete waste of time and energy.

Typically this will be a local small chain bank, credit union etc.

I'm selling my home in Jersey, but I bought the New York triplex before I sold and closed on the Jersey home, so I'm the only lucky one in the chain that owned two homes in the transition and didn't need the money to buy the next place.

Contractors: $28,388.03  Insurance: $645.65  Meals: $868.39  Job Supplies: $32,604.29  Travel: $70.00  Utilities:​ $381.05  Total cost of renovation: $62,957.41 Total Money spent on project: $148,957  Estimated House Value: ​$180K  Upside Equity: ​$31,043 

I spent the first 12 years of my working life in restaurants, starting at the bottom of the food chain as a dishwasher and working my way up to an Executive Chef position.