Then if we get the job, we submit that bonding info to the client, and there’s a small bonding fee owed to the surety for that.

A lot of the Fed’s power comes not from the rates but from the fear of rate hikes, so the Fed pivoting would have sent the market way up bonds way down and ran the risk of inflation retrenching.

If you want a safe investment that give you more than 2%, find a nice bond.

@Bond Finseth you can certainly ask them to leave you just can't force them to leave.

Look at the walls and drywall/ plaster if there are pretty wide cracks in them you might want to keep enough in the budget for strengthening the framing.

Do you use licensed and bonded contractors?

Not sure about the area you live in but they all offer termite bonds, which cover future damage.  

If you invested that money in a CD/bond, you'd get around 3%. 

This is true in real estate as much as it is in bonds, or dividend stocks. 

@Caleb Bond Thank you.