Has anyone tried this?

[Rao V.]

Hi,

While looking for a sub contractor for one of my flips I got an offer from a contractor that he can perform bulk of the rehab work while living as a tenant. We didn't go into much details as I wanted to come here first and check if this is even a feasible idea. To see if someone has already tried it and if so what what will the setup?

$X in rent discount for y man hours? e.g Tenant spend 10 hrs and they get $200 off from rent?

What is the liability aspect of this, lets say if he gets injured etc?

[Aaron McGinnis]

What's that? A homeless guy wants to live in a house and work on the house at the same time?

I predict that the rehab will go very, very slowly... and you'll have a tenant that will use every opportunity to not leave.

Conflicting tenancy law with contractor law, liability out the yin-yang (if he gets injured working on the house... in Georgia he could sue the living daylights out of you for making him work on the house he was living in and leasing from you)

This is a bad idea on so, so many levels.