For example, if you the owner builds based your own design they might be more liable for picking the wrong material, fasteners, assembly, etc, and not having a structures professional design it for crash loads, failure paths, etc, but not necessarily if there are material issues at the OEM level…..

You are a very slanderous person and I will not speak about you in these public forums.Fine, but for the record, slander refers to verbal speech, libel involves printed material.

Development costs used to run us about $12-15k per lot in 2005 but i'd have to imagine fuel prices have driven that number up significantly.

Window screens should only cost $25-40 each - materials AND labor.You might want to give this list to a different handyman and get a price.

You have a legal obligation to inform partners of material facts, financing tops the list of matrial facts.

While prices have generally been higher throughout the valley its been primarily driven by reit money.

Talk with the manager/owner of your local discount flooring shops and a lot of them will tell you about materials they have that you can be purchased for pretty deep discounts and what other investors are using locally.The remnant will be low cost and if it gets stained or destroyed then I can buy another one at a discount and "install" it.

I think that when a seller understands that your offer is financially driven, it tends not to be viewed as offensive.

A lot of great material in there, just wondering how well it would translate and work in the LA market.

Keep in mind that not all differences are material.