The wage is the smallest number in the calculation and the only one most owners run. The rest of it decides whether the hire works or quietly drains the year.
Spring brings the largest volume of home improvement work and the largest volume of arguments about it. Some of the effective routes are free and rarely used.
Tuition is the figure on the letter and rarely the figure that decides anything. The rest of it is entirely knowable in January if somebody sits down and lists it.