Not-so-common problems include a rusted out water supply line (requires digging up the yard), burst pipes ($1000 tops) or various leaks in stacks and drains (allocate $300 for buttoning these up.)

I can offer the insight from the supply side, but need input from the real world applications.

Then understand the dynamics of your product or service, focus on solutions to problems that go hand in hand with supply and demand, followed by learning aspects of your niche/area, and leverage (including presentation) your position to close.

u might want to pollLandlord assocEviction attorneysHousing s-1 on base what's in short supply

Of course you can get better pricing when buying materials and supplies in bulk too.

Being self employed really means the public is your boss, tick them off and see how long you keep your job.Tell a HUD investigator they can't tell you what to do or not do, better yet, inform the judge.Need to understand that everyone on the face of the earth is only allowed to do what they do by others around them.

It could have been a more interesting lesson if they really didn't actually know how to paint, charged you $500, then you had to pay someone else $$$ + new paint supplies to redo everything that they had previously done.

FL is a huge state, with a seemlingly endless supply of houses for sale.

@Ian McDonald  Property in the lakes area is generally priced high in my opinion (on or off the lake) and supply is pretty low for the lower priced properties we are looking for.  

Even if I hired someone tomorrow I don't think I could supply them with enough leads to stuff envelopes for.