I'm very interested in sustainability and living in non toxic environments. Has anyone ever rehabbed or marketed their properties with low Voc paints, sustainably harvested wood or bamboo, cork or refurbished wood. en...

With tax time approaching I began looking through last years receipts and am realizing just how much I have spent on building materials. 

It seems like every flip you use different materials, why is that?

My humble opinion after being on BP a bit and reading a lot of material:If you have1) Good common sense.2) The ability to read and absorb material.3) Are self motivated.4) Have decent math skills.Then you don't need a guru or class or best techniques training.

yes get a labor price and material most people that do deck can give you a sq foot price if you get the supplies your self you will take some of the mark up  on the deck and just be paying for labor only if you are not afraid to take the debris away your self you can save some more. by doing this you can save about 20%that 1400 not bad for one day all you did was order the supples and have it deliver to the job site and at the end of the job remove the debris your self .

I agree the consensus is it depends on how much rent increases (wage driven) vs market demand for CAP rate.  

I am looking forward to getting involved and finally taking action to apply the material we all continuously study.

I am looking for suggestions on comprehensive information / course material, forms, etc on the business of “Hard Money Lending”.

THis applies to many other material items also.

I generally offer to provide materials needed for improvements if a tenant will do the labor.