So the old to each his own, if your happy I'm happy, that is the real goal and the real test of your choices.

Just remember to have a notepad handy so you can write down and even photograph the settings that you are testing out.

Also, had you previously put up any test ads to see if you could have sold it easily or not?

This is one of those things that you never want to have to put your protection to the test but if you do, you want to be protected.

I guess I have to test it out how good he is at either end.

In some places you can get a contractor's license, but here it requires a tuff test of code requirements, techniques and legal contracting aspects and requires experience to be shown.To compare prices, get a bid per square.

Testing is always needed with every type of marketing.

However good marketing is about testing.

Another good investment would be the state class for Realtors, you don't have to take the test or be a Realtor, but knowing what they teach will be very helpful.

The software vendor for our MLS system is Rapattoni , and I haven’t even been to the training class, just test driving at this point.My initial focus was to identify good flipping neighborhoods by looking for aggregations of MLS “consumer” sales/listings/pendings (not lender or short sales) in the past 9 mths throughout my broad target areas, in the exit price range I wanted to focus on initially (100-150K).