Of course the final items on the punch list are the most tedious.It looks like he got paid a big chunk of money earlier this week in advance on his next project with a new client.

family took a few items, there was no money, no jewelry, no guns, though evidence of all three.The first time I encountered hoarding, I didn't even know there was a name for it.

Are they a home improvement item, or are they sold at home decor stores?

Each line-item on your SOW will consist of some material cost and some labor cost. 

From my experience (I could be wrong) there isn't a format but the estimate should list details like the materials to be ordered and the hours of labor needed for each repair project (for example the kitchen cabinet installation or exterior doors) along with a cost listed for each line item.

That means a $70k house should never have maple cabinets and granite countertops, while a $500k house would definitely want those items.

At the very least this will allow you to spend your time fine-tuning the numbers more on the investments that pass this test first instead of wasting time looking at small movements in cash flows on items that clearly don't work.Best of luck to you!

We've found that if we schedule a weekend and go inspect the properties ourselves (with at least a week notice to the tenants as we have to schedule the trip that far out, anyway) once a year or so, a lot of the little stupid items that used to drive us nuts just go away.

The hold back shows up as a line item on the closing statement, with escrow releasing the funds when I send an authorization letter to escrow.

People that are poor from my experience have less quality items and a ton of hand me downs.