I was 55 when the market crashed driving my retirement down to half of what had (since recovered.)

It starts at 6:00 PM (though you can arrive later) and ends around 9:00 PM or later.

Ask to see his license numbers and his insurance documents and then call to verify they are real and in good standing.Assuming you don't fire him, ask him to describe his training and experience so far and check his references from past jobs completed.Then ask who exactly will be coming to your home for each job to be performed.Who will be physically doing the painting,flooring,etc.Before work commences,ask him to show you the invoices for all materials purchased with your money and then visually verify that all the materials arrived to the job site and are not sitting in his cousins garage waiting to be used on another persons job site at your expense( theft of materials is all to common).Don't let him buy 100 gallons of paint and then only use 65 gallons and keep the rest for himself,see if it can be returned for a refund.The same with laminate flooring,carpet,bricks,pipes,and other materials bought in bulk from wholesalers.At each step,bring in an expert to inspect the work completed to see if he screwed it up and it need to be redone at his expense,not yours!!!

I came from Detroit to Atlanta after the crash and am just getting into the information building myself on the many, many facets of this business.

How has NY performed since and/or rebounded from the housing crash?

I have an active realtor that is my eyes and ears on the ground that confirmed they arrived promptly at 9:00 this morning.

newbie here too. you have arrived at the right place it seems. just wished to introduce myself. formerly from washington, dc, i'm just getting started in the staging arena in california and i'm looking to make some connections as well. thanks and sincerely, sydney

I feel like in my little bomb shelter ready for the crash of 2016, 2017, 2018…well whenever it happens.Anyway if anyone is going to undertake something similar even it’s a few properties concurrently I would be glad to offer my two cents.

Did you use any of the BP calculators to arrive at these figures?  

If I'm not making my normal rate, I might as well be looking for the next job that will pay me my normal rate.We don't typically arrive at working rates by looking at tea leaves.