Government needs to set up building codes that protect consumers, not enrich unions.

I was assuming structuring individual deals would be more time consuming, but how much more?  

In B areas, homes will be modest but maintained, grass mowed, no cars up on cinder blocks, etc.After you've narrowed down your choices to your top one or two, just make the trip out to meet them.

Yes you will have to pay them a modest fee. 

I've never run a business, but it's obvious that anytime a company has an increase in costs it's passed on to the consumer.

I worked in consumer credit for a few years.

Thank you for the idea of even shoveling snow, definitely a great example of something I could offer someone in exchange for shadowing the process, pretty much anything to help the rehaber focus on their project and less on smaller time consuming tasks.

I started playing the BP podcast, it went one after the other, and before I knew it I consumed 20+ episodes in about a week.

Looking at it from a consumer standpoint, I personally would pay more....as much as I can afford.

It will take some time for consumers to get the message on the current interest rate outlook.