Hey, just looking for some advice. For the last 7 years I run a seasonal subcontracting business mostly installing retractable awnings. I do ok, but really want to start to do my own builds and make something substantial. So much so, at age 52 , last September, I went back to school to brush up on my installation skill set. I enrolled into a 2 yr Construction Carpentry course. I am in 2nd semester of 4 semester course and I am loving it. I will be a qualified construction technicain when it done. I have been learning everything from reading blue prints, estimating job, building foundations and general residential framing builds. Im actually a A student ( go figure) But the more I learn, the more badly I want to dive into a build but I've always had issues with were to start because of financial limitations. Any recommendations/ thoughts to help over come the limitations and dive into a small investment build?

Hello everyone!!! So our first group call is booked for this week, and I'm pumped. The purpose of the calls at this point in time is just to jump on, hang out and talk about home building. I'll be doing to my best to understand what your issues are with tackling your build, and trying to help you work through them. Working through this stuff live on calls will help me make sure I'm creating my courses about the right topics, and hopefully give you some solid free advice and problem solving. Whether 1 person, 10 people, or 0 people log onto these calls, I'm going to plan to show up at the same time every two weeks, so that you know you can plan to jump on if you've got questions you need to get answered about buying land and building a home. I look forward to jumping on and chatting about home building with whoever comes to hang out, and I'm looking forward to seeing some of you start to move towards actually tackling a build in the future. Chat soon, Mitch

Our group continues to grow, and it's evident that many people are looking to learn about buying land and building their own homes. I'm willing to set back up a monthly group call to jump back on and help answer any questions I can in a live group coaching call...if I know that members will attend! With that being said, if this poll gets at least 10 people who cast a vote for a call time, I will set up a group call time on the calendar and do my best to accommodate the most voted-for time. Let's get this going and help some of you really do this damn thing and build a home! If you want to jump on free group coaching calls about buying land and building a home, just cast your vote for your preferred call time below!

In recent conversations with several mid sized builders, most builders do not have the usual amount of construction planned for next year. It would seem that a recession and slow building starts could lead to material prices and sub trade prices decreasing over the next year. Land still has to come down, but all in all, the next year or two could present some of the most opportune times for building. Who in this group is set to start a build within this timeframe?

Whats up everyone - I just wanted to drop a quick note in here to mention that I'm looking forward to the group Google Meet video call tonight at 7:00PM EST. Hopefully we get a few faces out tonight. The plan will be to do some introductions so that we can put a face to the names, do some chatting about where everyone is at in the process, and then fill the rest of the time going over what ever the most common problem everyone is looking to solve. Just click on the calendar tab and you'll find the link, or there should be a notification that pops up right inside the community that prompts you to click. See you this evening, Mitch