The principles are solid so far, and the purpose of the 10 months to read it is because it takes repetition to form habits, and this book is all about developing GOOD habits!

For hazardous waste removal and other junk fees.My rule of thumb these days is to allow -20% profit on a major systems job (roofing, AC replacement)-$2-$2.25 per sq ft of fooring (Tile Hardwood)-$175per day/$25 hour/ per man for painting and handyman workI guess if a plumber can get $500 an hour then more power to him, but hes not getting that from me.And I can relate to your plumber story.

We've had this problem once, when we didn't put enough studs in a header and the heavy 8ft solid core doors would crack it when the door would close

But it does appear this is a pretty solid rule, whenever anyone has offered up any significant amount of data.Not the debt service, the P&I part of your payment, is NOT included in the 50%.

I just wrote on somebody else's forum post this morning saying that they just need to continue taking steps forward and not worry whether or not a strategy will work haRick Harmon, I think you and I are going to have a solid friendship.I'm really sorry to hear about the stroke.

It's a good solid book.

Now you are left with a bunch of vacancies, a deal that fell through, and a lot of wasted time and effort.Perhaps a middle ground would be to allow the buyer to talk to the tenants with the seller present...

Anyway, that another forum topic...Regardless of where you stand on the issue, there's little doubt that our current government is harvesting a large healthy crop of young adults with a solid "entitlement" mentality.

Thought two: Is it a solid enough house to even renovate, or should it be condemned?

If you move slow pay close attention to your metrics and don't go outside them *EVEN* if a deal looks solid.