Even here on BP you will find some of these "snake oil salesman". 

I could go on for pages on detail of all the things the contractor did during the remodel (bleaching concrete floors etc and what we tried once the remodel was complete, repainting walls with oil based kills, sealing tile grout on brand new floors, hi powered ozoneators for weeks. 

TX is booming, oil, technology, healthcare and massive population growth here!

@David Holt @Sam Craven I am moving back to Houston this summer (lived there from 2010-2012) I recently quit my job in oil & gas to focus full time on my real estate investing. 

This building will be worth 300k when oil comes back up but I know it's all about what I can do today not when ever oil decides to come back ha ha. 

They will not accept things such as paper diapers, sanitary napkins, tampons, children’s toys, wads of toilet paper, balls of hair, grease, oil, table scraps, clothing, rags, sand, dirt, rocks, or newspapers.

DESCRIPTION Replace locks on all exterior doors 150 Replace 14 interior door knobs 308 Prep all walls and ceilings for paint which includes muddying all small holes dents and priming stains 200 All interior trim is stain grade which requires all to be sanded, oil primed, and two coats of finished white paint.

Ken,Thanks for a long post and I never bought any books and want start now, and I think Lonnie is snake-oil salesmen.

You should contact your state and get straight answers and not rely on a snake oil saleman.Joe Gore

Of course there is an oil boom there.