Are any serious investors self-performing their rehab's?

[Preston Dahl]

I've spent the last two years remodeling our 1912 craftsman bungalow home. This process has done two things. One, help me discover I love carpentry. Absolutely love it. I grew up a farm kid and have spent the last 10 years in an office doing sales/marketing. I enjoy and miss hard work and the process of working with my hands. And two, it started my curiosity for real estate investing and sent me digesting everything I could about the real estate game for the last 18 months. As

we all know, BP is fricken awesome and authentic in their education.

In two weeks I close on my first real estate property (picture below). It will be a buy and hold that needs a lot of work. I estimate $7-10k of rehab. (I have been using J.scott's estimating rehab costs book). Everything I read says that it is best find a good GC and hire out all the construction. Being a businessman I understand this logic. Delegate out what you are not good at (or can be easily hired out) and work on scaling your business.

But is anyone on BP self-performing their rehab's? As in having a tool in hand doing 50+% of the work themselves and hiring out a few trades (plumbing, HVAC, carpet, painting, basic demo help).

I should also note I do not like my job and plan to leave in the next year. I have debated starting a remodeling company or just self-performing my own flips for cash flow.

Would love to hear your feedback BP!

PD