Hiring vs fixing your own repairs on low budget/income

[Reginald A. Shelby II]

What are the pros and cons to hiring some one to fix your repairs vs learning to fix them yourself?

[Jim K.]

The big cons: the time you spend learning and the time you spend doing. It's also often hard, physically demanding work. And then there are the dangers involved. This isn't an office job, where the worst your have to worry about is a jagged paper cut. The more you do, the more likely it is that you'll eventually hurt yourself badly.

The big pro: you develop an invaluable fund of knowledge and technical ability that can be leveraged in many ways.