Michael,

I agree with Jim on the first 2 items.

It's worth pointing that there's a national labor shortage in the construction industry. So it's really tough out there. One good thing is that timber framing has a cool-ness factor. I would look for talented carpenters that you can train to be timber framers, rather than the opposite.

Are you coming to the TFG conference next weekend? That's an excellent way to learn a lot and meet people in the industry.

Brad