What's your specialty Charles?

People are expensive and hiring tons of them all at once will still necessitate training and some ramp-up time.

If this person leaves after you've spent time training them, etc., then you are in a bind and have to start over.

As you might have taken years of training in your profession to obtain a 6 figure income, it will take you some effort and consistency in the real estate business to suceed.Good Luck.

a little of each--mostly a share---it's just like watching a train wreck in slow motion.

I assume you're working for one of those business only type sales orgaizations, wacth yourself, they sell the "job" as being easy with thier training, and most in my area have gotten into trouble eventually, so train outside the office if this applies to you at all.If you cause any real estate transaction, buying, selling, leasing arrangement to be facilitated by your actions, you may need a real estate license.

Without constant training and incentive to work in the defense industry instead of elsewhere engineers find a better deal and move on.

After a day or two, you should get a good feel for how much finishing materials cost.Then, for the labor side, start calling licensed contractors (electricians, plumbers, etc), handymen and specialty contractors (cabinet suppliers/installers, window companies, hardwood installers, etc) and ask them to ballpark various items.For example, ask some painters how much they charge per square foot or per room, ask a couple sheetrock guys how much they charge per square foot to hang/finish sheetrock, ask the handymen how much they charge to install a light, install a fan, install a faucet, etc.

That will continue to be the case, although modern scientists are trained to be less dogmatic than the "scientists" from midieval times.The question for us is how we wish to form our opinions about things.

They are trained that way.