Best place to find subcontractors?

[Daniel Oren]

As I’m about 2-3 weeks away from listing my first flip that I was 100% owner (I did a few others as a 50% owner with my dad), I’m trying to fix my errors and make my business run more efficiently in the future. For my current flip, I’ve done about 40-50% of the work myself, and hired contractors for the other work. I’ve found my contractors on Thumbtack, Home Advisor, Craigslist, or by word of mouth. A few of the contractors were good workers AND a good price, but a lot of them were not a good price simply because there was a middle man such as a general contractor. Thumbtack, for example, appears to be mostly general contractors (although not entirely). And I don’t want general contractors in my life anymore. They don’t deserve my money.

I’m wondering what the best way is to find good cheap subcontractors? Currently I think the best way to find someone good AND cheap is Craigslist, but I still suspect there’s gotta be a better way?!? Where do general contractors find sub contractors? Do they post a help wanted ad on Indeed / Monster or something? Where do sub contractors usually go to find work?

Any help is much appreciated. TIA.