If you have the time, and are handy, and want to save on money I would rent the belt sander from home depot, the one that uses the round sand paper ( not the flat square one). 

:DHere's the carpet we used in that same house:http://123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Escher_House/Staging/landing.jpgAnd here's the vinyl we used in that house to round things out:http://123flip.com/wp-content/uploads/Escher_House/Staging/eatin.jpg

Technically you should use a product such as stego mastic then cover it with stego wrap (a vapor barrier plastic sheeting that is basically rip proof) This must be from the top to the bottom and it will not be cheap.

On the forum threads, it is somewhat new that when you make a post, the page loads to the bottom of the thread page where your post is.

The bottom line here is that you need to overcome this objection.

The "police" in Round Rock go to all sorts of extremes to nab those criminal bandit sign posters ;-) Sting operations are not uncommon from what I have heard.

LOLYou have to get them on the TOTAL cost of the total work they are doing.It sounds like the guy was quoting okay on the roof and then making much more profit on the gutters.When you split on him he raised the roof to keep his profit up.My buildings are just standard pitch with 4,800 sq ft 4 plexes.I got the roofs re-shingled for 1,500 a roof and the trash hauled away.You can find contractors that want extra work on the side that will do it for cheap.You have to catch them at the right time.It depends on what you are installing for.A long term hold for yourself,a short term hold where the building needs to be torn down for development in 5 years,a higher end flip.All will dictate what kind of finish you want and cost involved.Roofers typically love the retail jobs with fat profits but in between want the volume from investors.I tell many contractors NO all the time even after I tell them I am an investor and want rock bottom pricing.They tell me they will do it for me but not to tell the other investors what they charge me.This way they get volume from me and referrals and the other investors still get a really good deal but not the pricing I get.

But, it was at the bottom of the price ranges I like to work with.

I think they do a bang up job, let you design your own if you wish, have full bleed, great color, print on both sides, round corners, and don't break the bank.

was going to glue 2" pink foam on bottom 24" of exterior block basement walls,,, then have electrician run conduit on top of that horizontally for outlets.