Joe

Originally posted by @Joe Splitrock:@Scott Jensen  I know the overwhelming advice here is to do open house style showings, but I prefer to do one-on-one showings.

@Joe Garvin  I'm with @Lisa Graesser for all the reasons she said. 

This was the first dotcom boom....back in the 90s I thought simple average joe even in nontech indusry, can still purchase house in that area if they're lucky (and smart).But the biggest boom actually started in May 2013 when Google is moving to Mountain View and Sunnyvale, along with Baidu and thousand other new tech names.

., or they want to use a process that involved a lot of time and MONEY to them in labor.If they can tell a customer they need to do something in a way that takes a lot of labor hours to go slower then they can talk and say that is the best way etc.If the contractor simply doesn't want to use the product or process you want once you confirm it is not particle board then you want to know that now before they even start.

However, we are finding that with PM being such a labor intensive industry, there's no way for us to provide excellent service without increasing our payroll and resource expenses. 

@Joe Hughes   You don't necessarily have to stage it fully (furniture,etc).

. :)Anyway, you can look for that sort of thing online but honestly the supply houses that I've seen are not looking to cater to Joe Average surfing the internet so I had to physically visit the places and try to establish an account.

My hope is to make him a partner, trading his labor for his share of the property. 

Or mabye its $1.50 in even smaller towns or towns where labor is cheaper.