4 February 2014 | 13 replies
@Joe Fairless I am very focused on the flipping market.
3 February 2014 | 19 replies
Now we do get all our materials at builder discount prices of course.So on your lets say your numbers are higher because your labor is higher.
5 February 2014 | 4 replies
I plan to do most of the work myself since it is something I enjoy doing, but for purposes of negotiation perhaps estimating the labor costs would be beneficial.
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5 November 2014 | 17 replies
@Joe Fairless I grew up playing hockey, have family all over Minnesota, and always wanted to get away from the Texas heat and into a "hockey state"... now I'm glad to be back where its warmer!
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4 February 2014 | 6 replies
I always buy all the materials and never pay for labor (more than a few bucks, anyway) ahead of what is complete.Been there, though.
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4 February 2014 | 3 replies
They seem like great people, and we appreciate their doing the labor to make the house "theirs", and we gratefully intend for them to have much lower rent for the foreseeable future, but we just want to be sure that the t's are crossed and the i's are dotted before we let them actually move in to what should be a "legally habitable" house.Thanks for any replies, and fyi we are in California.