Who should I contact to look at a property?

[Alex Martens]

Hi BP community,

I'm hoping some of you can give me some guidance. I am actively looking to buy my second property to use as a rental. I currently live in upstate NY but am looking in the Jacksonville, NC area due to the military bases and my high potential to move there. 

Anyway, I found a property that looks like it could be a solid deal, partially because it is advertised to need some new flooring because of water damage. The water damage intimidates me a little bit so I'd like to know more about it. If I wanted someone to look at the property to assess the water damage, and the likeliness that it would happen again, who would that be? Would it be a PM? home inspector, or just a general contractor? Also, I have no contacts in the area at this time. Thank you in advance for all of your input and advice!

Alex