How to Build Your Own Home

Helping owner builders and established general contractors build homes with more attention to quality, planning, and understanding of the process. For more see our owner builder training program at howtobuildyourownhome.com.


How to Build Your Own Home

Owner-builders: what’s one thing you wish you’d known *before* you started building?

Share it below. Your answer could save someone else time, money, or a lot of stress. We’ll discuss your questions during Thursday’s live Q&A at 5 PM Mountain Time.

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We’re LIVE today at 5 PM Mountain Time! 🏠

Keith is answering your home building questions. If you’re planning a build—or already in the middle of one—bring the decision you’re stuck on and ask it in the live chat.

What question should we start with?

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If you were building a home, what would worry you most?

Vote below, then join our live home building Q&A Thursday at 5 PM Mountain Time. Keith will talk through your questions!

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Which unique feature of this home do you like best? (Makinzie designed this home.)

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One of our new builds Kinzie designed.

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If you watched the LIVE show today we offered a special for those who are not part of the Self-Managed Program that will include our Discord group of builders throughout the country building homes. Go Watch. See you in the chat.

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No LIVE today Oct 9th. See you next Thursday at 5pm mst

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No Live Today.

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Building your own home?
Not every “upgrade” is worth your hard-earned cash. Some will pay you back for decades… others are just expensive mistakes wearing pretty packaging.

In my latest post for How to Build Your Own Home, I break down:

Plumbing, electrical, countertops, and more—what’s Worth It vs. Waste of Money

The upgrades you can’t change later (so do them right the first time)

My 2026 prediction for where smart homebuilding is headed

Whether you’re saving thousands as an owner-builder or just want to make sure your contractor isn’t upselling you fluff, this is your upgrade cheat sheet.

📄 Read it here: www.linkedin.com/pulse/upgrades-actually-matter-wh…
💬 Let me know—what’s your most regretted upgrade?

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What’s your go-to kitchen surface in 2025?

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