BUILDING BASE STRUCTURES—WHAT IF YOU HAD TO START OVER? Yeah, I’m with you—future-proofing is kind of a pipe dream, especially with how unpredictable...

Yeah, that’s spot on. I’ve seen folks try to save a few bucks with the bargain bin models, but they end up calling me back a year later when the seals...

Ain’t that the truth. People always wanna add more lamps or mirrors, but if the furniture’s eating up all your floor space, it just feels cramped no m...

WEIGHING THE PROS AND CONS OF SWITCHING TO A 15-YEAR MORTGAGE You nailed it about the “needy house” thing—couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve seen ...

Trimming Down Expenses On Project Supplies Yeah, I hear you on the tape. I’ve tried the green stuff too—didn’t love it. It peeled off some of my prim...

TRIMMING DOWN EXPENSES ON PROJECT SUPPLIES I hear you on the character thing, but I’ve had a few clients who say they want “unique” and then get cold...

KEEPING TRACK OF YOUR CONSTRUCTION LOAN PAYMENTS WITHOUT LOSING YOUR MIND I hear you on the spreadsheets—tried paper ledgers once and it was a disast...

Building Base Structures—What If You Had To Start Over? Yeah, I hear you on the engineered hardwood. I’ve put it in a bunch of homes now, and honestl...

That's a solid point about intuitive compromises. I've found that clients often have a gut feeling about what they want—even if they can't always arti...

That's definitely relatable. It's tricky because some clients get that goodwill gesture doesn't equal lifetime coverage, while others...not so much. I...

Haha, toothbrush gymnastics is exactly right. I've done the vinegar dance myself for years, but finally bit the bullet and installed a softener system...

Yeah, I've run into this issue a few times myself. Built a house last year with some pretty significant green upgrades—solar panels, geothermal heatin...