Building a House is a Leap of Faith

Unless you're one of those super-competent, highly skilled, supremely confident, rugged alpha-males that seem to dominate the TubeYou-niverse, building a house can be a stressful endeavor. It's not for the faint of heart. It's much like what Ray Bradbury wrote: If we listened to our intellect we'd never have a love affair. We'd never have a friendship. We'd never go in business because we'd be cynical: "It's gonna go wrong." Or "She's going to hurt me." Or,"I've had a couple of bad love affairs, so therefore . . ." Well, that's nonsense. You're going to miss life. You've got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down. We'd never build a house. I've been thinking that had we known how much this would cost, and how difficult it would be from the standpoint of uncertainty, I'm fairly certain we wouldn't have started. If you want a "safe" experience, then you'll probably want a "developer," and not a guy who builds houses. I hasten to add that this is by no…

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