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Notes from the last 5%.

Articles on FF&E installation, punch-list process, dealer operations, and why the closeout is where margin gets lost. Short, practical, no buzzword bingo.

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April 18, 2026

The $40,000 punch list

Why the last 5% of every FF&E project is where margin gets lost — and what a decade of watching it happen taught me.

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