Sort of a velvet glove over an iron fist type thing.   

My eyes were first opened to the power of REI about 2 months ago and since then it has consumed almost all of my free time!

For every dollar increase in basis input to a product/ service, say the meat in a burger, the cost to consumer increases $1.20. 

No book is going to teach you how to stay away from that certain contractor that gives you that slight hesitation in his voice when you say "I will reward you for a job well done and within budget, but penalize you 100 dollars/week you go over the time".If you have no money and want to get into this game, and you have an iron will and stommach, I would wholesale..

They probably consume beer and other things while in international waters and discuss politics, economics and real estate ventures.

This implies you start with a negative position that consumes your initial cash flow.  

That's all good.But I was listening to a podcast guest talk about how we need to get into the Tik Tok space to grow our audience, but he didn't suggest regularly consuming video, but to only make content.

Then the subcontractors I hire just have to pickup the misc. materials & consumable items as they need them (e.g. caulking, adhesives, screws, nails, drop cloths, trays, brushes, taping mud, etc.)

May be expensive and definitely time consuming but it’s worth it for the opportunity this property presents for us.

My political advocacy large population city , gives me more units unlike inefficiency over small town consuming same hours to attend city council and localizing vendors .d) I use web scraper and virtual assistant to find cities explicitly allowing long-term parking of RV on private parcel.