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5 October 2021 | 6 replies
As an estimator in the construction industry, I second @Rodolfo Goncalves; inflated material prices and labor shortages has made development very costly right now.
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17 September 2021 | 5 replies
As a builder, you should lock in material prices under a contract with your supplier or put a stipulation in the sales contract that pushes material increase expense on to the buyer.
15 October 2021 | 2 replies
(people are offering up to $15k more then advertised price) At moment I have $15k saved in the bank.
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19 September 2021 | 13 replies
You'll have to go underground or down back alleys to find syndication opportunities for your IRA because of the advertising prohibitions (and funding/number of allowable investor limitations) that come with 506(b) exemptions.But, please, everyone.
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19 September 2021 | 11 replies
Materials are one way to speed up a job.
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28 September 2021 | 6 replies
Keep learning, growing, and working at your goals and you will see that some of them begin to materialize.
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18 September 2021 | 2 replies
Studying CapEx comes from experience, calling vendors and inquiring about pricing, and from going to the store and looking at costs for building materials.
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18 September 2021 | 2 replies
Pay him one fee and he handles it all or I pay for all materials and he just charges me for his labor?
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20 September 2021 | 18 replies
There is advertising on the podcast by the shows sponsors, however, people don't come on there pitching sales.
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19 September 2021 | 2 replies
CapEx growth is a function of inflation of construction materials and labor cost.