What Is A Girl To Do

[Paulette Midgette]

With the hot, hot investing market in Philadelphia and the onslaught of real estate development I am incurring a problem that I don't know how to handle.  I have been so frustrated by this problem that I stepped away from investing 7 months ago.  However, I believe that real estate investing is the key to financial freedom, so I am stepping back in.

Now I am turning to the always helpful and insight folks here for advice, recommendations, and some much needed encouragement.

The Problem?  I Cannot Find Honest, Responsible, Their Word is Their Bond Contractors!  I can make the contacts easy enough.  Some return calls, so don't...to be expected.  But it is the ones who actually show up, walk the property with you, promise a quote and you never hear from them again that make me sick!  I sometime wonder if I were a man, would I be treated differently.

BPer's if you have a trustworthy, honest, reliable contractor(s) that would be willing to take on small ( example, primary residence kitchen renovation) and large projects ( i.e., complete single family rehab) I would like to hear from you.  If you have someone who only installs floors or do tiling, I would like to hear from you.  If you have someone who only installs kitchens, I would like to hear from you. If you have advice or best practices on how to get a contractor to return a call or deliver on a promise, I would like to hear from you.  If you are a contractor and believe in simple values (say what you mean and mean what you say) I would love to hear from you!!!

While not ideal, at this point I will piece meal my projects in an attempt to get them done.