The OwnerBuilder Book Special Reports Author:Mark A. Smith We believe you can't do better than to read everything you can lay your hands on before you build. There is so much money to waste through ignorance. No skilled student of owner-building gets all they need from one book, be it ours or one of our distinguished colleagues. Case in point: At our workshops we ask people how many of the Ten Comm... more »andments of Owner-Building they remember after reading the book. Nobody could remember more than three, even though they were all planning to build within the year. That sort of unfamiliarity costs money and house quality.
So how do you master the subject? Not by memorizing; nobody does that. But by "immersing" yourself in the subject. It wouldn't hurt you to read a dozen books. We think our spin on it is money-saving, focused, and practical, and these reports are the proof.
Laced with several hundred new comments and suggestions by people actually building, here's a collection that should save you a hundred times it's cost. Several new reports are now included in response to reader interest.« less