@Dale Radcliff Keep your nose to the grind.  

Less regulation on what people do with their land would actually move the needle.

Of course, working under someone else usually means that they will have their nose in your business and want a cut of the proceeds.

I wouldn't want an ear nose and throat doctor operating on my heart.

The sort of things reality all to often rubs your nose in turning a 200K per year income into 50K or worse a bankruptcy..When you operate a business, any business, never make book on tomorrow.

There was a little wall/dropoff where the leveling compund ended and the original floor remained so i had to use floor mortar to feather it down....still when walking on the new LVP, i can tell where the dropoff is/was.SO, next time i will 1. make the SLC more runny, 2. on a small job (500sf) ill plan to cover the entire space with the SLC so there are no transitions, and 3. the LVP with the underlayment attached seemed to work great on the portion of the floor that was on slab, but feels cheap to walk on in other areas - so next time i will most likely go with a product that allows a thick underlayment to go own underneath it.The last thing i learned was that the 1/4" gap around the borders that is recommedned is too generous as it is almost impossible to hit on the nose.

My advice to you is to stick your nose in the real estate books, learn all you can.

Use your nose, and do it yourself rather than trust an agent.

The funds are one time only(they'll even learn if they blow the money, but I don't want it going up their nose.)