Building relationships with Contractors

[Zackery Agurto]

Hey everyone happy Memorial Day!! 

So my team and I have been struggling with the contractor portion of a flip. I have built a list of contractors, but don’t know what’s next. Obviously we have to interview (build rep-or) with them, I am just hesitant when it comes to the interviewing part. I know you want to ask them about there Timeline, Cost, How busy or how many projects they currently are working on, but what else am I missing??? 

Where is the best place to find the contractors and how do you go about them taking your serious, because my team and I haven’t acquired our first property since we don’t have the contractors in place for, but I am simply just looking for help on building relationships with contractors & when exactly does your contractor need to come to the property to see how long it will take and the cost of the rehab. Do they look at the property immediately after it goes under contract or after your finance’s have taken place??? Im just lost on when you need to get your contractors to the property to give you there timeline and a rough estimate of how much it would cost. 

Sorry for the long message, please feel free to contact me directly