Honestly, I’ve tried tagging photos but it just turned into another thing I had to remember to do. Once, I even printed out key inspection shots and s...

That leftover funds rule has tripped me up too. I remember one project where we finished under budget, and I thought, “Great, let’s add a screened por...

HOW DO YOU HANDLE SURPRISE COSTS WITHOUT WRECKING YOUR FINANCES? Man, hidden costs are like the weeds that pop up after you think you’ve cleared the ...

Anyone Else Feel Awkward Talking To Their TV? I used to think my neighbors would hear me telling the lights to dim and assume I’d finally lost it. Th...

TRIMMING DOWN EXPENSES ON PROJECT SUPPLIES I hear you on the time trade-off. I once spent a whole Saturday crawling through a barn sale for reclaimed...

Color Combos That Oddly Please The Brain Eggshell on trim always reminds me of this one project where the client wanted “nothing shiny, nothing flash...

BANK LOAN VS. INVESTOR FUNDING, WHICH MAKES MORE SENSE? Funny you mention the appraiser—had one ask me about our rainwater system last year, and I sw...

Totally agree with you on Evernote and email folders—I learned something similar the hard way too. A few years back, I had a construction project go c...