When does the Contractor come in

[Deangelo Mack]

Hey folks. I was wondering if the contractor of my choosing should attend my first appointment or do I wait till I get it under contract to have him/her out. Sorry if this seems like a silly question :/

[Will Barnard]

Depends. You certainly do not want to burn the bridge of a good contractor having him or her come out to look at and bid projects you don't have under contract and may likely not buy. That is a waste of their valuable time. On the other hand, if you pay them to come out, that is different but then that would be quite expensive for you so I would not recommend that approach either.

It is best to learn how to properly estimate rehab costs yourself so you can get a close idea of the costs, then once under contract, get your contractor out there for a hard bid - (there are literally hundreds of threads on this topic, many of which I have contributed to) so simply use the search function to search for "estimating rehab costs" or anything similar to that.