Your current salary in an unrelated field should have no bearing on what you would charge, IMO. The only relevance it has is in helping you decide whether quitting your day job for the project manager job makes sense for you financially. IOW, you can decide that switching careers will work for you only if you can make X% of your current salary. There are websites such as salary.com that show pay ranges for construction project management, which you can then adjust for you own levels of education and experience, the requirements of the new job, and the fact that you'll be paid as a consultant and not an employee. Also, if you know others in the real estate rehab business, you might be able to get info from them. If you think about it, it's not that different from evaluating bids and estimates from subcontractors. You want to get a feel for the local going rate for that type of work. It sounds very exciting - I hope it works out well for you!

Freezetag~ I feel your pain! I had almost the same exact thing happen to me. My DH likes "big boy toys" and found a Mini Rod that he just had to have. This thing cost $1000! He has done this w/ several things, found something, had to have it, got it, then in a month it was boring & he wanted something else. So, when he brought it up, I said that I didn't think it was a good idea b/c we had just bought Christmas presents, his work was slow & money was just tight in general. He continued to tell me how cool it was & that he really wanted it, etc. I kept saying (very calmly & nicely, mind you) that he really didn't need it & that it cost a lot of money that we really couldn't afford, etc. Well, he proceeded to get dressed (we were talking over coffee) and walk out the door to go purchase it. As he was leaving, I said again that I did not want him to buy this thing (I wasn't so nice this time) and his reply was, "I don't care." The door shut & he returned w/ this $1000 piece of junk. I didn't get mad b/c he didn't do what I wanted. I got mad b/c he did the wrong thing. Plus, he did it the day before we got married... Lovely start to a marriage there! Plus, there have been very few times that I have said, "No, don't buy -----", I usually don't care b/c we've usually got the extra $. But, when it came time for him to stand up and be a responsible adult, he couldn't do it. We had a very big fight over this & I explained to him why this was so childish, irresponsible, disrespectful, etc... and now I'm over it. But guess what? The toy is old now, he hasn't looked @ it, touched it, or even mentioned it for about 3 weeks now. It still gets to me every time I see it or think about it, but I know it's in the past & I'm trying not to dwell on it... Your story just sounded so much like mine, I'm glad I'm not the only one... I suppose misery loves company... LOL.

Hi Folks. Funny I should land on this site. I DESIGNED THE Baker Hydro pump !!! That was many years ago but i will share. The HYDRON was designed for pool and spa applications. The size of the impeller set load. We used many Motor manufactures during it's life span. Century, Franklin, G.E. etc. It was about best bang for the buck. Business stuff K, anyways, The impeller was made from glass filled Noryl. The Back shell and front housing are glass filled ABS. NOW THE IMPORTANT STUFF: We made a design change about 1980. The seals reversed position !!!!!! In most pumps the Ceramic side in located on back side and the Impeller holds the spring loaded carbon side. What we found is that if a pump was starved of water the back then Ceramic seal would heat up to the point of a failure on back plate. So, I reversed the seals. Patented at that time thank you. Now with the impeller holding the ceramic seal and with Noryl having much higher temperature withstand than the ABS and now the carbon loaded seal for the opposite side gained benefit too. The heat generated by the friction between seals was not easily transmitted via spring. Also added at that time a small mold change the had a port 1/8" or so that bleed water from outlet back to inlet and directed at seals for further cooling. BOTH TYPES SHARE SAME SEAL SET BUT CAN APPEAR WRONG. ANY PUMP WILL WORK. JUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO EXCEED THE RATINGS OF THE ONE ONE ARE REPLACING. VOLTAGE AND AMPS IS THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS. CLAIMED HP OR FLOW RATE IS NOT THE CONCERN!! Load noises can be a couple of issues depending on your sensitive. REALLY BAD NOISE. Most likely motor bearing went bad and may have damaged 'wet end'. MODERATE NOISE: Most likely motor bearing went bad. Cheap to DIY. LOW NOISE: Low Noise. Air intake or cavitation from pump starving. CHECK FILTERS! Wow this CV-19 stuff has put WAY to much time on my hands. Stay Safe and Bless us ALL!

I have a five year old Marquis Reward spa. It is two months out of warranty. I've had four motherboards replaced, and now the main pump goes out. The spa is two months out of warranty. I asked Marquis if they could give me some help on the pump. They said they would not help. My dealer told me that he has never seen anyone with as much problem with a spa as me. The spa works great, when it works. Most of the time it is broke down. I unfortunately, would never recommend a Marquis Spa.