That's the only law you need to pay attention to.

Electrical ended up being around $16,500 for 2 reasons: 1) After getting 4 bids, the best quote was around $14k, so my budgetary estimate was just low to begin with; and 2) while my first electrician did ok, I did ultimately replace him toward the end of the project as I wasn’t happy with his attention to detail, pride of workmanship, and overall way his helper treated my other contractors.

Readers should seek professional advice.

Pay close attention to what they're doing you'll maybe gain the confidence to do the next one yourself. 

Network as much as you can and pay attention to all of the info being placed here on a daily basis.

You must be a mind reader in this business!      

Pay attention to what you like and don't like doing throughout the process.

If you pay attention to what happened here during the last actual real estate crash, our values hardly dropped at all.

How can I bring attention to the homeowner that his land may not be as worth as much as he thinks it is?

When the Sellers Disclosures came through, it came to my attention that the addition was not permitted.