Introduction and a roof repair question

[Corey Young]

About Me

While I do have a question, since this is my first post to the BiggerPockets forums, I thought I'd kill two birds with one stone and introduce myself while asking the question.

My name is Corey and I currently live in Pleasant Grove, UT.

My "Experience"

I'm also a newbie real-estate investor. I've owned one rental property in the Liberty area of Kansas City for about six months. It's not a great deal (2002 home with $1,500/mo. rent on $187,000 purchase price, current BPO in the $220,000 range), but got me involved anyway. I found out about BiggerPockets from a real estate friend who owns multi-family rentals in Utah.

My Goals

Regarding my real estate goals, I'm currently toying with the idea of parachuting into a city this summer for perhaps three months and slamming some flips. I have family in Kansas City/Leavenworth, Memphis, and South Bend/Elkhart, so these areas would interest me the most, but I'm really open to anything right now (Des Moines and surrounding cities like Ames and Iowa City come to mind).

I've never flipped a home, but I've built two custom homes (that were my primary residences) with a GC and have performed most construction/finishing tasks (e.g. framing, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, trimming, painting, etc) on my basements. I was the architect of the second of these homes. So I do have some familiarity with the construction tasks that are performed when flipping.

If I decide to move forward, my preference would be to partner with an existing, successful flipper (or rehab renter) in the area for the first flip or two, then move forward on my own (or not. I'm flexible; just want to do it). I should have access to private and hard money lending, as well as some of my own funds. And I know how to kick serious *ss on projects ;)

My Question

Regarding my question, I guess there was a hail storm a few months ago in KC and my rental took some roof damage. Along with several other roofing companies hitting the ground to find customers, Premier Roofing stopped by the property to inspect and take pictures (pictures included here). I'm in the process of getting a quote from them (I asked for specifics, such as how many shingles will be replaced, how many repaired, etc). I'm including an additional picture that shows some water damage on the interior ceiling that appeared after the event. So there is at least one confirmed leak.

They pointed out through pictures other damages to the home, such as to down spouts, window screens, mailbox, etc., all of which I considered to be extremely minor and cosmetic. I'm going to ignore those for now.

My most important question is this:

Does anyone here highly recommended a particular roofing company or handyman in KC that could do a thorough job of fixing the roof while remaining competitively priced? My insurance deductible is $1,000. I would very much like to avoid putting $1,000 into fixing this.

Thanks

Thank you for reading my introduction and thank you very much in advance if you respond to my question. I really appreciate it.

-Corey