Hard to find good contractors

[Brent Beard]

Hi BP,

I have three single family homes all in Gary Indiana and all of them need work. I only can do so much but I have so much more I need done. The hardest part of all of this is finding good licensed contractors that can do the work. Either they're not licensed and bonded or they're schedule conflicts with mine so they cancel the appointment, show up late or sometimes don't show up at all. Maybe it's because these homes are in Gary which may have a stigma to them. 

Another problem is that I'm using credit cards to pay for the work and theses guys want to get paid cash. Am I missing something? It's 2021! Everybody should be accepting credit cards at this point. (at least in my mind) If a job cost $1000, I'm not paying in cash. 

I trying not to get frustrated with this but I thought I'd write this post for some insight from investors with more experience.