I don't swing a hammer.

Its their labor,   truck costs,  disposal costs,   licences, certifications, and all the taxes and stuff they have to pay.Also be careful that the full wall demo (last picture,  with furnace in it)  isn't a load bearing wall.if you are inclined and able,  stripping a kitchen down to bare room  isn't that hard  (kinda fun too to smash cabinets with sledgehammer)  but make sure you are able to haul the materials to the dump,  which may mean renting/borrowing a trailer or pickup if you don't have such equipment.   

If you asked me that question , all I could tell you is I have a 40x60 building , and 3 sea containers worth of tools and equipment from hammers , saws, backhoes ,trucks , trailers , vans , bobcats etc .  

@Shane Foster was like a hammer on this topic!  

It would make sense to hammer it now during the longer days of summer and either close-up or move into something else when weather changes.

If your buddies want to get hammered every Friday and Saturday night, and your significant other has completely different dreams than you then yes, they'll slow you down. 

Yes in the last 7 years started with Hard Money Loans and swinging the hammer. 

oK….But if the scenario you are laying out comes true, and that we end up with high inflation due to the dollar being hammered, then what you are saying is you want exposure to hard assets.If you have all of your real estate investments tied to long term fully amortizing fixed rate loans, then give me inflation. 

Money is a tool, a means to create more, similar to a hammer which is used by a builder.

If you have a hammer everything looks like a nail.A lot of people reach out to me about investing in Milwaukee and once in a while I have someone who just inherited a bunch of money and now they want to get into real estate investing.