From: "RicodJour" 
Newsgroups: alt.building.construction misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Building a home with a contractor -- is it possible?
Date: 22 Mar 2007 19:46:24 -0700
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willshak wrote:
>
> Do what I did. Find a GC that needs a worker. Do the work at minimum
> wage until you learn. Then ask the GC to build your house. Work for the
> GS while building your house.

That's an interesting way to do it.  I'd never heard that one before
and it does make a lot of sense.  Of course each person would have to
work out the feasibility based on their current job and earnings to
see if it made financial sense for them.

R