. - if most of the stock you'll be looking at is colonial construction with 1500 sq ft, use that as the basis of your questions).Know every price for that house and then see how it translates to different houses by adjusting up or down according to the various housing stock you may encounter in your area.Determining the vintage of the current components in a house can help.  

Tough love also speeds up growth. :-) Proven models are what BP provides and I think that was @Joshua Dorkin mission when he started BP.

Minor adjustment to the flapper and it stopped.

"The maximum fee is adjusted each year based on changes in the Consumer Price Index since January 1, 1998.

That way, if something blows up, I've got room to adjust the budget.Also, I start with things that take longer - landscaping typically takes the longest to get done.  

If it doesn't, ask for a price adjustment or back out of the deal.  

I was hoping that there were some sort of forms out there that I could adjust to my situation just to see if he would bite @ this type of deal.

All you'll need to do is post that picture in your 1-star online review to speed up their demise. 

I’m willing to make whatever adjustment(s) necessary to pull this off.  

Things are starting to pick up speed.