You can exercise the home warranty on items, such as furnaces, water heater, fridges, dishwasher, etc.

Many GCs also won't give you an itemized bid, which is good for the GC, but makes it hard to compare bids and decide on what to fix, so usually I ask how they bid and avoid those that don't itemize.  

One item every commercial lender will want to see is a decent DSCR which is an acronym you'll become very familiar with in speaking to commercial lenders.

His contract provides a rough outline of the work to be done and the requested itemized portion is not much better in retrospect.Secondly, I trusted too much in the draws leading up to work instead of paying upon completion of the different tasks.

I think I'll get a quote/sense of pricing for total floor replacement so I have my worst case scenario rehab budget item.  

The house looks dirty but I feel about 90% sure there are no major big ticket items that will cost.

Then, when he does work he'll say such & such item will be done tomorrow and wants payment.

You can track and itemize all your purchases, net worth, net income etc to help you identify how to optimize and set goals.

You may have a license and not be in business....but in the eyes of the government, you have a professional license to practice a regulated activity, and will treat you no different than the guy making millions per year selling real estate.Cost is the other overlooked item. 

That is with hiring a very large management company, which later had to be fired for incompetence.Bad debt and evictions were a constant struggle, as were unexpected capital items and tenant-caused disasters like fires and people driving their cars into my buildings.