If it costs $100 to manufacture an item that you can only sell for $75 you will be out of business in short order.My own view is that we are in for some short-term deflation.

I just visited a third world country that was seeing potential starvation in rural areas due to the cost of basic food items.

You can get great hardware answers at a local store I use but they supply builders all over the US via their web site where you can see the items and they have great staff to answer questions.

Fixing negative items is only 50% of the battle.It's a conflict of interest for me to do credit repair so I just make sure whoever i refer clients to that they do a full analysis.

I have put together a excel sheet that goes from room to room and list every item down to the number of electrical sockets needed for that room.

I have every single receipt for that 5 grand.Most items were buying supplies to repair the house myself.

Buy and hold investors will do well post recession if they are buying during the recession.The era of real estate daytrading (flipping, wholesaling, etc.) is fast coming to a close.Of course, all of the forward looking items are just my opinions and your actual mileage may vary.

An item is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it.

Call the planning commission and start the conversation.

I just had this conversation today with a fellow rehabber!