The topic is I am thinking of offering a retail contracting service in a commercial building I plan on building next to a local lumber yard and I was wanting feedback on that hence "what would a service that found good contractors rated by customers be worth" Sorry you misread Will, I'm not the best typist but I thought it was VERY clear I was not self promoting, again no need for that out here, "no interest" :)

The few emails I've gotten have been about a broken garbage disposal (was able to salvage), washing machine leak (20+ years old), & window screen replacement.

They were not worth anything, but it took me years to give-up on them and haul them to the scrap yard.

The home had no agent's sign in the front yard.

I didn't have to drive by many properties that turned out to a realtors sign in the yard to learn to check for this first.

The local lumber yard told me to expect around $35/sq. ft. for a basic home on a crawl space with block.

here's a quick update:- the first offer fell through because the buyer lost his job- the second offer fell through, then as of yesterday, they were able to salvage the offer and continue negotiations with this buyermy cousin is still unsure of the current offer going through so I told him to keep me in the loop just in case it doesn't work out with the current buyer again

.- Look at the lawns, exterior paint and yard junk.

I would NEVER be able to do this if it were a SFH.As someone else mentioned, with Multi-units you have one yard, one exterior wall, one roof, one tax bill, etc vs several individual properties to maintain.

While not exactly Guerilla Gardeners - they ask permission before planting - there is a local community garden group which relies on residents to donate a plot in their yard for growing goodness during the summer.