Always try to double the project budget & time to prepare for the worst.Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

So am I expected to only ask for a reduction in price to replace the roof and then later find out it’s double that maybe.

I agree, build the garage, but you're not getting it for $10-20k....At least double depending on area.....

@Kunal Lakhwani I do not want to say anything about the wrong company, but I would double check that the owner of one of those companies was not recently arrested for underage sex trafficking.

If you have a net income, you are double taxing the income as rent that you already paid taxes on when you earned it.

The bill proposal is in its early stages so I won't pretend to have all the answers, and I agree that subsidized housing initiatives need some work. ya good point on infrastructure.. they could raise the funds using double tax free Muni's it was common back in the day when we were developing in CA.. to use bond issues for public improvements that had federal tax bene' they are expensive though to put together usually 200 to 250k and that was in the 80s.. by the time you get apprasials and Bond Council etc etc..

I double check all title work and coordinate closing so nothing is missed.

It is important always to double-check everyone's work because no one is going to put in the true due diligence needed more than you!

Until then, I'm anticipating consistent double digit increases in insurance YOY.My Thoughts:I personally think insurance expense escalators should have 5-10%(as an avg) expense escalators for the foreseeable future.Am I alone in feeling this way?

However, the rapid rise of the technology sector in the Reston area has sparked them to double down on their bets for continued strength of the office market in Reston Town Center (the D.C. metro area has the 3rd highest density of tech talent in the United States and 9th in the world, especially markets in the Dulles Toll Road Corridor like Reston, where 70% of the worlds internet traffic flows through and is home to companies like Google, Oracle, and Microsoft).