I would get 3 Contractor quotes and see the difference of you doing the buying of materials and sub contracting yourself.

Getting your RE license is pretty darn easy and cheap, so I don't see the benefit in trying to skirit the laws to save $1500 or so to get your license.

Glad to see the contractor side of the coin.

I went into the BP webinar replay page but do not find any link OR see the download option/icon.   

You might also consider a stone wainscot slightly higher than the window sill line... it would give it some visual weight.Some landscaping is definitely in order, but again, I'd have to see the completed version to make good recommendations.

But I'm a different sort of person and could see the formula working.

See the story I wrote above. 

Without hardware, I can see the tenants scratching up the doors when they try to open them.

See The dog ate the mortgage note Funny they mention PHH as it was they were the ones who gave me the escrow refund five years later.

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