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Hey y'all, this is Brian and 
Stephan with Bradman homes. 

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We are a custom home builder in 
the Texas Hill Country and we 

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are starting this podcast series
because we have found a huge gap

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in the knowledge and information
that's out there with regards to

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the custom home building process
in general. 

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So we're excited to start this 
and share with you our knowledge

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and our earnings and our 
mistakes along the way. 

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There's been plenty of us far, 
but we were, we're looking to 

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share any in everything so that 
we can help you in your journey 

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building. 
A custom home. 

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So Steven, why don't you just 
quickly introduce yourself and 

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talk a little bit more about our
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Yeah, absolutely. 
Yeah, thanks for the 

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introduction. 
Like you said, I'm Steven. 

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And yeah, we created this 
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Brevin home. 
A little over two years ago, 

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actually, we're coming up on 
three years and Robin Holmes is 

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a design and Custom Home 
Building Company here, in 

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Central Texas, focus on areas 
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Antonio. 
So really kind of in Texas Hill 

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Country area, beautiful area. 
But yeah, we love what we do. 

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And, you know, that was part of 
the reason why we wanted to 

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create this podcast, to provide 
more value, to not only the 

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listeners, but future homeowners
for us as well. 

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So, Yeah, with that being said, 
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about my background, you know I 
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grew up in or we grew up in a 
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construction manager for a Home 
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and so that got our our feet a 
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dipped our toes into that home? 
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up around that and then after we
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University of Texas, we You 
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home building. 
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for production home builder for 
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Got some reps there and we both 
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this company. 
That's awesome. 

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It's been it's been fun. 
But we got we got a lot more to 

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do a lot more to accomplish. 
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Yeah. 
It's got over his gun down. 

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Yeah. 
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about why we started this, but 
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bit more. 
Why are we starting this 

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podcast? 
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provide? 
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Yeah, I mean that's the ultimate
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And why are we starting this 
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And I think basically, as As 
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especially the custom side of 
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years. 
We've really seen a gap in in 

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just a available knowledge and 
information on future 

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homeowners, how they even start 
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search for a custom home 
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How do I know that? 
Finding a good one, right? 

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What are the different kinds of 
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the process of building a custom
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I mean, there's so many 
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just don't know, and don't talk 
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I maybe we can both agree that 
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common sense but it's really 
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it for so long that it's 
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need to educate listeners and 
other people that are interested

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in building, a custom home. 
Just so that they are well, 

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informed and don't feel like 
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of which unfortunately a lot of 
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way and you talk about getting 
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I think you'll hear over many of
the Casts that we create. 

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I mean, there's a lot of things 
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decision of, who do you trust 
the key word being trust to 

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build your home. 
So you'll hear that word many 

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times. 
But it's really important and 

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hopefully we can give you some 
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Some information. 
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could ask your Builder to feel 
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Who is this podcast for? 
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Who do? 
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Be? 
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question for us to determine at 
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And so people can get a feeling 
for if this podcast is something

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for them or not. 
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audience is going to be somebody
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interested or extremely 
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custom. 
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Because the process is so much 
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production home or being 
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production Builder. 
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many decisions that need to be 
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very, very set. 
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that are like I said, anywhere 
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to build or have already built a
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best waterproofing membranes on 
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know, as while some people may 
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there's a huge gap in the market
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about like we said, you know, 
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in the whole process and, you 
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and other things that come with 
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leaving the building science of 
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you've hired to do the job, 
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That's what they should 
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We have found that there's a lot
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podcasts out there. 
Great individuals that do a 

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really good job explaining 
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breaking it down and not getting
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So yeah, yeah. 
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What we do want to share a lot 
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What we hope is valuable 
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single podcast that we publish. 
Where can this be used? 

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I mean, what where can it be 
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Give it to do, they have to be 
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the rest of the country? 
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is to be Universal, right? 
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down so much your Niche, it down
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rules out, listeners, that are 
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North Dakota, right? 
Or even California, Florida, you

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know, all different aspects or 
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We want to make this podcast so 
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help, people, no matter where 
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whatever you municipality or 
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You're responsible for your 
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you're building, a custom home 
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make it Universal. 
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experience and you know, we're 
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specifics of Central Texas 
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We're going to have many 
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take away that they can use in 
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they want to build their custom 
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The process is the process, it 
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based off of like, invention the
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still have an idea or your dream
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have to get it all the way to 
completion, where you have this,

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this beautiful home in front of 
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keys, right? 
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differ, there's there's a lot of
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but just a lack of information 
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to get out to anybody that wants
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What, what, what should, what 

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should our users expect to take 
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what's, what? 
Some of those valuable insights 

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that they can take away? 
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thought long and hard about, you
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content that waste, you know, 
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information as possible. 
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know, we think that the key 
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going to be Just more knowledge.
Overall, you know, in a more 

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busy future homeowners are 
clients that are about to sign 

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building contracts feeling more 
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because they're more educated, 
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they don't feel like there's so 
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We're going to be a resource 
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certain aspects of their build 
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timeline, you know they can 
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over reference them maybe you 
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With their own builder, you 
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conflict or anything like that, 
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that they can take and use as 
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In really just keeping it. 
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don't want any opinions thrown 
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people's eyes to. 
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home, is it right for you? 
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the right process for you. 
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comfortable going with a 
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pre-existing home, you know? 
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well and give the people 
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informed decision you know, 
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custom home building isn't for 
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early as possible will help 
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me, make that decision sooner 
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There's I've got a lot of ideas 
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There's there's so many topics. 
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differences in cost per square 
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multiple quotes from from 
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I mean, that could be several 
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day long podcast. 
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one question, albeit not simple 
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every single day to every single
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So my head spinning on all kinds
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for for that listener feedback. 
If there's something you want to

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talk about, Lee will be all over
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ultimate goal. 
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And yeah, just to reiterate that
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listeners and so if they want to
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mentioned in passing and when 
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that we haven't thought of, you 
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them to our attention and we 
love to dive deeper into them 

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and talk about those kind of 
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this is ultimately for those 
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more about the process of 
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Well, let's we'll wrap it up 
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accountability question for both
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What's our, what's our? 
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They're hearing it first. 
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Yeah, this is going to be a 
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So, you know, we'll record 
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day those will be posted yet, 
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that we're going to try to keep 
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You know, to be able to listen 

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to on your morning, commute or, 
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coffee or whatever it is, right?
You know, listen to our podcast,

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gain some knowledge and then go 
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we're going to try to keep it as
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Just so that we pack as much 

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easily reference back to what 

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you need to look at while you're
building your custom home time 

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is money. 
So but that being said,