Be careful about it - especially if the contractor is buying materials.

Were I to walk into a house and see extensive dark wood stain used on obvious new Select grade oak, I'd casually shrug off the owner as an ignoramus with little understanding or appreciation of honest yet magnificent North American oak as a residential building or finishing material.

Specific colors, flooring, ceiling materials etc... that you may have to put back to period specific after renovation. 

The rub is no one knows when an adverse cycle will materialize, nor what it's impact will be. 

That way, new material cannot be added later.A quitclaim deed that contains certain magic words such as "fee simple" buried down at the bottom in stuff you consider boilerplate, or other legalese you don't think is important, might transform your quitclaim deed into a full warranty deed.

That way, new material cannot be added later.A quitclaim deed that contains certain magic words such as "fee simple" buried down at the bottom in stuff you consider boilerplate, or other legalese you don't think is important, might transform your quitclaim deed into a full warranty deed.

But if you're hiring strangers to do the work including managing the project, with the rising cost of materials, involving the city, and contractors generally being in high demand right now, I'd be surprised if you were able to make a lot of (or any really) money on the project right now.

I am building a home and have a flooring and tile contractor, I have paid for all the materials up from 32k , tile people hired by floor tile company have worked 4 days and have about another week to complete job, contractor ( flooring company)is requesting we pay them 1/2 of the labor now and rest when job complete , we do not feel comfortable doing this because job is so short, we think only fair to pay them full price off labor when job complete, does this sound normal

I thought being an agent would give me the greatest chance to learn the real estate business inside and out, earn extra income to pay down debt and save money to invest in real estate, give me time to repair my credit, and give me the experience and credibility I need to convince investors to partner with me on deals.My second concern - I’ve read Jennifer Allen’s book “Sell With Soul,” and I would love to believe that being a successful agent is possible without cold calling, however, I’ve been listening to hours of podcasts and webinars and reading books and coaching materials, and it seems like most if not all of the successful agents (with the exception of Allen) are saying the same thing - success in real estate depends on cold calling.  

Trade war might cause material price to rise.