Pick a good contractor and then manage them well! 

The very next day we tried to pick up a squabble about "who do you think my people are" and "why do they need criminal check etc".

Here's how I do my due diligence:1) Portfolio matching: (takes 30 seconds per deal)a) Have an educated opinion on where I think we are in the real estate cycles (financial and physical market cycles)b) Then and only then do I pick the strategies, capital stack, and specialized asset subclasses that make sense for that opinion.

He or she would then pay for the furniture for the space and pay movers to install it.

We had to move to Jackson MS for one year to work on 220 defaulted loans I owned.. that was no pick nic..

Household furniture must be positioned and/or elevated to allow adequate air flow underneath and between furnishings and adjacent walls.

@Sean MacDonaldI think you summed it up in your observation of your clients, it's very typical here in the valley that the number of transactions will decline right before an election and then those buyers just like your clients will get back in and the number of transactions will pick back up in the months following the election.

I mean, they make a lot more money than the average person and they pick and choose their assignments/contracts.

I just picked a Luxe collection medium queen and it is $1899.

The question I will ask is would rather step or a dollar to pick a dime or just pick up the dollar?