Thanks for the warm welcome and tips @Sandro Hagenbuch and @Christina J.

If I could give you one tip it would be that if you do decide to do business with wholesalers, do you due diligence in confirming they do theirs and can give you honest and accurate deals.

Nothing a pet store carried was going to be strong enough, so he got the appropriately sized chains from a hardware store instead. 

Find a housekeeper, take good pics, put it on line, don’t over think.

Does anyone have any tips on finding and vetting great structural engineers?

I just glanced at some Steamboat properties online.

@Christi Hawkins  Much like the auto industry  do we think everyone pays the exact amount for a vehicle .. do we think someone who sits there and grinds away for 8 hours might pay a little less than someone not as familiar or as good as another in grinding the salesmen the manager who gets the hand off and the close.this is why I LOVE Tesla you buy on line price is the price for all of us.. and it takes exactly 3 to 10 minutes to buy the car.. its GENIUS.. and why its such a threat to big auto... if you have not been on the Tesla site check it out see how easy it is to buy a car.. the finance part is auto matic too just put in name rank serial number and your approved almost instantly..you do need to put 2500 down on your credit card then they configure and produce your car..

Order underlayment off Amazon for cheaper than you can get in the stores. 

Thanks for the tips.

I made money in an online businessThen invested in houses to fix up and rent.