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Building Blocks: Page 7 of 7

• If it appears complex, it will be easy. If it appears simple, it will take forever.

• To install or not to install? Installation by the vendor costs $$$; decide up front if you have the chops to do it yourself--it could save you major moola.

• Detailed and exhaustive planning from the onset is a pain in the butt, but you'll benefit from it down the road. The corollary is also true: Failure to plan will cost you down the road.

• Write it down; if you don't, you'll forget. There are just too many details to track during such an extensive project.