I'm so happy it's Friday - I've been waiting for the weekend since Sunday night lol... Unfortunately I forgot to take my rigs with me to work today so even though I'll get some delivered today I'll have to wait till I'm out to do it... I've found it's not hard to find a PC that says that they'll deliver - that's usually pretty easy if you're spending enough money... Now actually getting them to show up in a reasonable time and not have them say 'Im leaving now, I'm on the way, I'm comin bro, etc. etc.' and they still haven't shown up after 3-4 hours when they're only like a half hour away is a diff story..
Goodtymes - I use to do construction for a looonngg time and still do to a certain extent - although for the most part I'll take the jobs I want and subcontract the rest. I was banking when the city of Evanston actually had money to spend on lead abatement projects. Basically, low income families would apply for loans to do certain repairs to their house or even remodel a kitchen, bathroom, etc. up to $50k. It's a 0% interest loan and it's paid back once the house is sold. Oftentimes if low income families have kids and live in a house that was built in the 60's 70's etc. and still has lead paint they make the family/landlord remodel the place and oftentimes this is completely subsidized by tax payers. One of the more recent lead abatement jobs I did involved removing and replacing 9 windows (4 glassblock, 5 energy star double hung - cost about $2,200 or so if I remember correctly), 1 steel door (about $300), and removing and replacing a yard of dirt from around the perimeter of the house (about $100 in new clean dirt) and about another $300 in misc costs like 6 mil poly, paint, gas, etc. I was able to finish it in one work week with the help of one Mexicans which I gave $100 for each day ($500). The city paid me $9k for the job so I profited like almost $6k for a week worth of work. Unfortunately I've only been able to catch one job like that this whole summer lol. My dad got me into the business because like most Polish immigrants - he works construction lol. It was great when houses were actually worth some money especially on the South Side and banks were giving out mortgages for a $400k house for a dude making only $40k a year... well those days are gone = /