And, depending on how cold winters get where the properties are, you may have to spend extra on thick insulation so that you’re not paying a fortune for electricity by trying to keep a “hot tee cup” (water heater) hot when it’s sitting outdoors in below freezing weather. 

Your politics aren't worth that cost.While I should have more say in how thick concrete should be, how many lanes to make a road, striping curves speed limits, etc, it is not my job to know the needs of where and why to place a road.

It can be grimy sometimes, and at other times you will need to have a thick skin when dealing with renters.

Thick and fluffy!

It has taken some thick skin and a complete disassociation from reality though to get through the stress of limited reserves but I’m back!

Because I have thick skin, my wording sometimes comes across as harsh but the intent it to educate. 

Go for the luxury vinyl planks (thick gauge).

@Jay Hinrichs might have some good input on this because he was right in the thick of things during that time. it took a while during the GFC but yes mortgages were modified by the millions. 

Actually, she is correct, considering what the dictionary tells us about the adjective you used:viscous | \ ˈvi-skəs \Definition of viscous1: having a thick or sticky consistency -- viscous secretions, viscous corn syrup2 technical : having or characterized by a high resistance to flow -- viscous lavaExample of viscous in a Sentence: viscous syrup that takes forever to pour from a narrow-neck bottleThe mental picture of a "viscous" dog breed gave me a good laugh.

For me I found that it is easier this way because we constantly have projects waiting to get started I try to plan that no more than 2 weeks before the next project is started usually less than 1 week but you know how things go.With a general contractor the will bid the job do the job as they are working on other projects as well and then when things they quoted you are done thats it, it doesn't matter that the doors need trimmed because the carpet and pad are too thick, that the outlets need to be changed because now they look bad on a freshly painted wall, if it wasn't in the original qoute it is extra and they may not be able to get back to it for 2-6 weeks as they are already scheduled for their next job.