Learning curves take both time and energy to get into the grit of a business to learn how to best monetize, figure out competitive rates, and de-riddle a hands off approach.

I know both canidates at least publicly do not understand the concepts I just described but one area I appreciate Romney is his realistic goal of energy independance.

AirBnB has incredible customer service if there ever is an issue.

You've made my point for me, Steven...The retail-level GCs aren't able to put food on the table for $50 per door, which is why they charge $100-200.The investor level GC are able to put food on the table for $50 per door, because they are taking on more jobs, paying less attention to each customer/job, hiring more inexpensive labor, carrying less overhead (no office, no trucks, no PMs), etc.There's nothing wrong being the $100-200 per door GC, but the fact is, if you're an investor paying $100-200 per door, you're generally not going to be making any profits on the deal.

Not worth your time and energy to deal with her.

Nobody says, "Oh, it's got a new energy efficient Trane unit - I'll pay more!"

Now people will read this and think Buildium is raising their prices 25% when the raise actually happened two years ago.I haven't used Buildium in five years but they were a very responsive company at that time with the best customer service of any company I've ever worked with.

And you are competing with guys that have years of custom building experience.Finding a flip in Hamilton county is going to take a lot of digging, to find the traditional 70% ARV formula, and reselling to a retail buyer.

Does anyone know of the top energy providers located in Houston?

Even if the install was done incorrectly, they may still help you out with a customer service approach.