Just need a bit of cleaning painting carpets and put on the market to rent.

Its boarded up with "Do not Demo" and a name spray painted on it.

Now, the originally planned 'touch ups' turned into a new carpet (very, very bad dog pee smell), to painting all of the 1978 style wall panels (very dark and outdated look) to getting a new roof (original roof that was absolutely in pieces).

I am creating a "system" now to provide a single document that lists everything my end buyer will need to know about moving to a new location; including, all the individuals responsible for the work with contact information, paint colors, appliance warranties, utilities contacts, and so on...

The wife and I recently painted our kitchen countertops.

Sweat equity included - framing, windows, siding, roofing, concrete flatwork, painting, trim, etc...Of course it was a lot of hard work building a house and working fulltime but we managed.

They seem resistant to answer questions over email and instead want to have a sales call.

While perfectly painted fingernails (and tooties!)

I got into the podcast about a month ago and would listen to 3-4 per day while painting the stucco at my rental, great motivator, but needless to say I chewed thru a months worth of data in a couple days.

I know people resist change and don't want oversight in what they do, but I know that having a license would get fewer doors slammed in your face trying to conduct business, evidence of that is with a licensed contractor compared to storm chasers, there has been enough public education about homeowners dealing with those who hold a city license.