Let's face it, Google, Facebook, Apple, and the like are not going to regress anytime soon.I would like to hear what other investors are thinking...

Ask them to explain how you're supposed to have a warranty w/o them giving you the receipt.3) Labor Charges: should be defined in your PM contract OR they should present a bid for your approval with labor & materials.Now a couple of thoughts in the PMC's defense:1) If you didn't get a receipt, how did you match the exact same model at Lowe's, so the price of $530 is apples-to-apples?

I too work as a consultant (Business Pro, with Apple) and I am beginning my REI ventures this year. 

They are not really investors but speculators.Micheal  its totally apples to Oranges  when i got into this game a century ago or it feels like that.. investors did not buy SFR's per se like they do in droves today.. and from my cheap seats.. all the new construction we build not a single property goes to an investor.. price is the price and you get to the price by cost plus profit and profits are generally 10 to 20% of gross sales prices as your cmpeititon backs into it the same way.its only the last 20 or so years were soup de jour is getting rich only rentals and the easiest way to do that is buy low value SFR.. beginners can t start generally with 2 mil apartment complex.. but they can a 75k SFR.. 

It's so funny to hear people shy away from non-cashflowing investments who would have loved to buy Apple stock in 1990, or any of the other famous tech stocks.

Apple isn't going to have a public competition like Amazon.

Apples and oranges.

Rather than clear cut the trees around us, we put 48 panels on one of our barns that’s about 300 feet to the south.  

Is like comparing Apples to scissors to dice , to zebras . 

. :-)btw: There was a second article today in the tribune that says apple is looking to find a location for its 2nd hq as well.