I'm a couple of thousand miles away, but per Home Depot's Web site, at the South Philadelphia store (1651 S Columbus Blvd)...Veranda Linden 6 ft tall x 8 ft long fence panel, 16 @ $69.74 = $1,115.84Veranda Linden line post, 17 @ $31.57 = $536.69Total for those two: $1,652.53 before tax; probably about $1,800 after taxAdd in: bags of concrete to set the posts in, a gate if you need one, a manual post hole digger (or renting a power one)... maybe $2,100 in materials, +/-.Based on the bids you've been getting, that leaves around $2,400 to $3,400 for labor. 

In commercial the more business you can bring the more negotiating power you got.

More powers to you guys.

Quick power nap. 

Joint venture is a powerful thing and you're a fool if you want to do things by yourself - all these deals happened because I leverage on my JV partners.

Knowledge is power, but also a burden.

(Or, if you are a solo-entrepreneur, a Solo-401K with a Roth component can be even more powerful.)Imagine annual contributions where the earnings grow completely tax-free – and imagine the ability to invest in high return assets such as real estate and notes. 

Yes we screw the strapping on the ceilings into the ceiling joists & just power nail the wall strapping into the studs.

Know its power, know its flaws; with that knowledge, you can make it work for you instead of vice versa.

If it's zoned for 2, then there are square footage ratios, and if you exceed these, then you would need a variance.While you're looking at cash flow issues, city planning is looking at congestion in your local schools, traffic, power grid, water and sewer etc., where if they grant too many approvals, the area would be over congested.Your next step after this, if you get the OK, is to have an architect do a walkthrough.