.- Don't try to skip necessary repairs (it will ultimately cost you more)- Practice your negotiation skills- Buy your own finish materials- Stage (will save on holding costs and may get you a higher sale price)- Hire an inspector to inspect your house before you sell (cheaper to fix things BEFORE the new buyer finds them)

You want to find someone you feel will operate honestly, ethically, skillfully, etc to help you.

Please forward contact info if you have someone skilled in mind.Thank you,Nate Barbee

It sounds like you have skills if you are going to fix the roof and do other stuff around this house.  

It's tempting to try to maximize our profit through cutting costs, being our first deal and all, but I think your exactly right Art Allen. 

Compare the verses you know to what they are in the target language.This post http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2010/01/koreans-eng... is by a Korean guy who moved to California when he was in 10th grade (about 15 years old), and wanted to improve his English skills beyond what he had learned in public school in Korea. 

We purchase our student rooming house as a "home" for my sister-in-law {she does live there ... see below} and, because of that, the rents did not count towards income for the purchase.Clientele: When we looked at rooming houses we found three basic types of rooming/boarding house in our area.Student - there are two universities and community college in our little city, so students are a prime clientele;Industry/Organization/Institution - another type of rooming house is one which is near and caters to a particular employer/workforce (i.e. a factory) or institution (hospital, military).Social -  the third type in our area is the rooming house that caters to the working poor, the addicted, and other on the edges of society.Each of the above types of rooming house requires a different set of skills and management style.  

To redo plumbing or converting radiator to force air could be expensive, unless you're professional in these skills.

If you have the skills for the role.

You need to have 4 skills that are necessary in any company1) Sales - This should be the number one goal2) Recruiting only The best people to work for you3)Leadership 4) Productivity (learn how to manage your time and always keep learning)As you are growing start hiring people for tasks that are non-essential or that take lot of time, while you focus on the most important activities that generate revenue (sales and marketing).