My process: 1. Drill well, no water - stop; water - move ahead. 2. Build driveway/access, no access - stop; access - move forward. 3. Pull permit, no permit - fix issues. And on and on... This could take years. I'm still educating myself. Knowledge will be shared, once I have it!!

Yes! So much in life is about learning to ask the right questions! Like trying to solve a problem, without knowing WHY there is a problem, which people do allll the time. 👍

Steps are the recipe, process is born from a methodology. There is no understanding in a recipe, therefore variations from it cannot be met with rational decision making that is in line with the goal. Understanding the methodology enables one to make decisions based on the variations in their situation. Unfortunately, most people just want the steps, and want nothing to do with understanding the methodology. I'm interested in learning the best methodology to be an owner builder. I'm just getting started but your channel/program looks most promising, and I agree with your approach.

Thank you thank you thank you! As a woman I appreciate you for this, I know what I want and you are teaching me how to get there. I help people for free and when you need help with something it's like they charge and they sit there and they smile.

Always good to listen to your words of wisdom. In two weeks we head to S.D. looking for land. Will be purchasing the #2 program. I wish I had those flow charts your talking about when I built my first home in 2005. This one will be easier with your help.

Hello Keith. I'm so glad I found your channel. I'm loving every video and I'm learning quite a bit already. I know I have ways to go and I can't wait to get on your website. My wife and I are giving ourselves around 2 years to sell our home in Pennsylvania and move to New Hampshire. We're moving up there for many reasons. We have 100% equity in our home in Pennsylvania which has 15 acres and a 6,000 square foot home. We're hoping to do well on the sale and use all this equity to buy land and to build our own home in New Hampshire. If you know anything about building in New Hampshire or if you have any experience or any students or clients that know anything, I'm sure it would help us. On a final note, you are so right about us Americans. Unfortunately we did change and most people are only looking after themselves. It's a shame. Well thanks again and I can't wait to get on your website!

Thank you so much for the valuable information!! 😊

Thankyou so much for this.I built a house, if I may use that phrase -(I only project managed) it a decade ago. At first my initial PM said the house was out of my budget...but then realising 'his cut', the only way to get it done was to do it myself. I came from an 'I.T' background, and from the very beginning had to figure it out. Luckily however, the guy that did the ground work/footings/foundations had a brother who was a carpenter, thus 'all' capentry. But that still left the all important blockwork, plumbing and electrics. In a word, I was lucky. The planning permission flew through - the build being on a plot of land right next to my initial house. All seemed to fall into place, although I had to replace the bricky once as he was only workling weekends. The seond bricky/blocker ripped me off...but hey at least I knew what went wrong, but got the job done. Excel excel excel.... referring to your overall budget, and contingency x step x timescale x materials ordering and pf course architect sign-off by phase x release of phased bank loan. All of this by working in I.T. 9-6 five days a week: I never met the plasterer....but I always had the materials ready, and filled the skips on the weekend so as to allow a clearer working ebnviroment for the trades. I'm speaking UK english, so I hope you and others understand my language. In essense: somehow, somewhere I aqauired almost instantly the requirements to manage the project which took two years - I evolved very quickly a system. I'd look at my excel spreadsheet in work at times......man! and think 'so much to do'. Yes...I built the house with bricks, mortar and wood...but also with logic to requirement (what is next, who & where x what) and patience. Money, although budgeted was not a factor, as I did not go crazy. Re: Patience...I told myself 'there's no rush - do as is required asap, and in order', but at times 'officialdom' could be stressful - waiting for connections to mains, unforseem cicumstances to be rectified/worked around. What amazes me today: The house of course, and that I built it. But moreso, and money aside; all the elements to building a house are out there: land, materials and people. It's how you 'organise them in the correct order. Then add patience. If done correctly. I don't think determination comes into it if logic is applied. Thankyou again.

Great words of wisdom here!

Thanks for the secrets!!!! 😃😃😃 Makes sense to manage it myself

Thank you so much for the explanations. I am going to enroll in your class.

Awesome information! I had to increase vid playback speed to 1.5X. :-)

(I'm big on metaphors. I work in information system design, so no one ever "touches" my product) The easiest thought device I can think of that illustrates the difference between the "step oriented" approach and the "process oriented" approach comes from animation and deals with kinematics. In forward kinematics ("step oriented"), in order to make a character walk, you first calculate the hip rotation, then you calculate the knee rotation and translation, then the ankle, then place the foot. Did the foot land where you wanted? That depends on how accurate your hip calculation was when you started the steps. The inverse kinematics ("process/system oriented") you structure the hip, the knee, and the ankle to have a range of motion and when you move the foot from its last position to its next position, you juwt have to think about moving the foot and the system of rules that are already in place deal with the ankle, the knee, and the hip and if your system is correct, your result is natural, fluid motion. The answer to "what are the steps?" in a well ordered system is "I dunno. I don't really have to think about the steps. I just need to reason about my goal and the next step presents itself."

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Will lumber yards get mad if you delete the 2x4 and OSB lines

I am curious on your thoughts for total under roof square footage vs Total living sq footage if we are own builder.. I have a home design I am working on with the drafter it is 2736 sq foot total living with 4721 total under roof. I have another design that is 3091 sq ft Total Living. Total under roof 4800. Not much difference in total under roof between the two. I would love to have more of that square footage in the 3091 sq foot plan. I guess my question is would there really be much difference in price per sq foot? Thank you so much!!

FYI - I see your video is recent, but the video quality is low and while it looks like you have a good microphone, it sounds like you are in a can. Perhaps you aren't even using the good mic as the input? You might spend a little time getting that right. BTW - thanks for the content!

17 minute sales pitch..... u get the unsubscribe BAM!!

Can I ask how by being a plumber was that guy able to become a licensed builder without the 4 years. I’m in FL and have be in the Engineering field for 28 years, I am a Project Engineer on FDOT projects I have in species and managed / inspected everything from road building to FDOT rest areas toll plazas and bridges. The schools here for test prep say I don’t qualify to be a builder. If I build my own home would that qualify me?

What is this program you speak of on your webpage. Can you send me link to sign up in a reply? I have been to your webpage but I did not see the program sign up section. Please reply. Thank you.

Were you buzzed when you made this video?

Holy rambling on and on Batman. 8 minutes in and I’m still hearing about the definition of a process. That should take 30 seconds and move on.

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Get to the. Point please