I am happy to have my degree, but I look at the piece of paper as it is something that shows someone else you know something.

I would remove that piece and replace it with something close.

TIP: When choosing colors, hold the color you are looking at up to a white piece of paper and you'll see the real color.

So far managing has been a piece of cake.

I'd have to buy a piece of land as well, of course. 80 day construction process.

One time I butted the "groove" part of a board to a board I had cut that had no "tongue" because I did not want to waste a board so of course the pieces looked great initially when installed but later the one board would move when walked upon and create a gap.2) remove all baseboards and re-install them afterwards.

Should I leave my direct mail piece in the mailbox?

Collateral is only one piece of the puzzle, but a free and clear asset will likely attract a line from some lender4.  

If you want to go the route of owning a construction company, let me give you a simple piece of advice... trying to bootstrap a construction company is really, really hard.

It just that eventually, both pieces of the puzzle will have to come into play