Understand your viewpoints. And experience with labor and materials. All a learning process. Many here are willing to help as you go along with our own experiences . Come back as you go along for our own insights which might assist you.I am of the mindset that I would prefer to do things myself as well. Better job, done exactly the way you want and not depending on someone else’s schedule. Of course, time is a limiting factor and you can only do so much. We’ll see how it goes, but I think I’m gonna try and do, it myself this year. I do think a lot of people are pricing them out of the market with what they ask for semi skilled or non-skilled labor. $35 an hour to weed whack is crazy.
Best of Luck.