I paid $1,200 for 3/4" K water line, just for the material for a water main line for a new house in 2009.

Real estate investor friendly ______________Fill in the blank:AccountantArchitectAttorneyAuctioneerAuthorBirddogBuilding InspectorBuyer(s)CarpenterCoachContractorConstruction ManagerClosing Agent (see title company)ElectricianEscrow AgentGuruHard Money LenderHome InspectorHome StagerHVAC ContractorInsurance Company (agent)JudgeLandlordLenderMasonMentorMLSPlumberProperty ManagerRealtor (Includes Broker)Real Estate CompanyReligious Leader (By Denomination when feeling guilty)RooferSign CompanySupplier (Material)SurveyorTax AssessorTitle AgentTitle CompanyWarranty CompanyNow, just add your location;Then we can the determine the reason they need to be friendly;No CreditNo KnowledgeNo MoneyNot a legal activityThought this might help making requests easier. :))

That's materials and labor.

That day, I called a local builder who does good work for relatively low prices (he owns his own equipment outright and gets outstanding deductions on appliances, and building materials).

The materials for 10 squares shouldn't be over 1500.00, assuming he isn't putting insulation under it.

This was a ton of work and luckily we are both pretty well versed in such things.Because we did almost all of the work on this ourselves, carefully sourced the labor for those things we needed help on and purchased materials in the most penny pinching method you can imagine, our total rehab costs were $14,568.36 making our total investment $27,729.26.This was a very tough neighborhood but one that did have a good number of owner/occupants scattered among a fair number of renters.

The color scheme we used here is one of our designer’s, Rebecca Mager-Cordle of www.annleeinteriors.com, most popular choices, and we included all the SKU numbers for these materials in this blog!

But few high-end installations that folks might ooh and ahh over will have a short 4" backsplash -- even if done in nice materials -- so the 4" backsplash can become a visual cue that the project is not high end -- a subtle but immediate trigger. 

They will also remove any affected materials that cannot be treated with detergent/water solution.Once the remediation work is completed, have the mold inspection company come back out for a re-test. 

Interesting, Darren, my definition is very close to yours, but I'd say there is another important element, the quality of the information given.To me, the derogatory use of the term is applied to those that add fluff, exaggerations, aspects that while may be technically correct but are highly improbable to replicate or simply put out bad advice with no consideration to ethical issues.I make that distinction because, some professor in some university teaching a real estate course or some instructor in a state approved real estate school for agents isn't a guru, they are teachers and instructors.The difference in being a non-guru teacher is two fold, 1. the materials taught are compliant with rules, regulations, laws, accepted in practice and are based in sound applications of the business; and 2. they are qualified by education and experience, by education that has some professional level that is determined by proof of their mastering a level of knowledge, testing and degrees earned or certifications by proper authorities in the industry or academia.