DIY: Is it worth it?
Do it yourself or DIY is pretty popular among the finance bloggers these days. It is no wonder people who want to save money are doing more and more projects themselves. Need a roof shingled? No problem. Toilet repaired? Easy peasy. Wire a switch or two? Nothing to it. Except getting shocked. Getting shocked sucks. The modern era of you tube and forums have allowed easy access to information that you used to have to go to the library to get. Even if you could get a book on the whatever you were doing pre-internet you still couldn't watch a tutorial on how to do something. I myself am into wiring and minor projects around the house and I don't consider myself a "handyman." All of this is great but I ask the question when is DIY not worth it? DIY is obviously not worth it if you don't know what you are doing, have no skills, and have no desire to learn those skills. Some may consider those people lazy. I d...