I completely agree. When I bought my first house when I was 18 years old, I had lots of ambition but not two nickels in my pocket. I learned by reading alot, watching others, and my own failures. Some of my biggest failures were using roofing shingles on an interior wall, using 2'x4's, 18 feet long, as a patio cover (yep, it sagged within a month!) and lots of "Z" Brick, which was a bugger to remove. My best failure was believing it was unnecessary to use a level when installing tile on my bathroom wall. By the time I finished at the opposite wall, the tile had dropped about a foot. It was certainly a conversation piece!
