Baltimore Landlords and investors
I am posting for all of my fellow landlords/ and real estate investors in the Baltimore area.. I have found the BEST contractor and would be willing to share his info after January 1st.. the reason I am waiting is he is currently working at our apartments, and was scheduled to only do my kitchen, but when he was done I saw what a fabulous job he did, that I had him redo my family room, and he is currently working on my basement, and will start my bathroom next week. My husband asked me why the sudden urge to redo half of the house.. my reply " this guy is good, charges a great price and I am getting all my stuff done before he gets super busy".. he has been doing this kind of work for about 5 years now on his own, and for 0 years with Champion remodeling and is busy ,but he has that golden tri facta we as landlords/ and investors are all looking for, honest, sober, great work, and a great price..I am almost reluctant to give his number out due to purchasing some investment properties in the spring and I will need him, but will let him know in advance when I need him back..if you would be interested in his information let me know and I will send it out after the first of the year.. an on the flip side. do you " hide" your really good contractors from people so you dont loose them? am i crazy to give out this guys number? I feel like I have the Golden Willy Wonka ticket with him??
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@Rochelle Wilkinson, @Ned Carey - thank you both for giving props to your contractors... it's not done often enough and it's certainly understandable that they are closely held.
Your comments are evidence that not all contractors are bottom feeders, that good ones do exist, and are hard to find (in part, simply because they are good and don't have to market as they have a steady referral business.)
And to your point Ned, so many investors want the good referral, but are unwilling to pay for it. Yet, I'm willing to gamble on the fact that more often than not, they're the same ones who are unhappy about their experience. And worse yet, they keep repeating their actions over and over by hiring on price and expecting a different result. I believe Einstein defined that kind of behavior as insanity...
It is one of the reasons I advocate having a construction professional as a partner rather then as a fee for service hire.