And, as for mailers, I've also hired my kids to help batch mailers, especially in smaller quantities.

Remodeling is a more or less known quantity for us - new home building is not. 

Pushing you to think out of the box...if the market is tight and you have room to increase rent, may be the best way to scale is not in quantity, but in quality. 

Not a big believer than you can quantify risk.To really manage physical asset risk, you have to go for quality over quantity.

If you are out there pushing deals, focus on quality not quantity.

I think the lesson learned here is the best - patience, NO deal is better than a BAD deal, stick with your numbers no matter what, quality > quantity.

It’s less about quantity and more about quality.

This Subcontractor is limited to a maximum 15% overhead and profit, subject to the owners approval, added to direct cost of the work on all changes performed directly by this Subcontractor and 5% overhead and profit on work performed by a Sub-subcontractor.Notes pertaining to Change Orders:All change order requests shall include a detailed breakdown of man hours, hourly rates, fringe benefits, labor insurance, labor taxes, material quantities, material unit prices, equipment rates (hourly, daily, monthly), etc.

Every town has a list of special permit criteria that the Commission will evaluate to determine whether the use should be allowed, but generally these criteria include thing such as impact on traffic, whether the use is in harmony with the other uses in the neighborhood, septic and environmental impact, noise, and related criteria.

.- Quality over quantity.