Recommendations

[Jeffrey Messee]

Does anyone have any recommendations for a REI friendly real estate agent? Also, I am still trying looking for potential contractors for future flips. Thanks in advance

[Scott Ellis]

Jeffrey, are you looking for SFR or multi-family?

Mitch Swenson at NAI Black is a mentor of mine and one of the top multi-family agents around. He's got his own portfolio of SFR, MFR, and Mobile home parks, so he definitely understands REI.

I also am currently working with Erik Dordal at Windermere on doing an FHA 203k on a HUD Triplex. Neither HUD nor FHA are fun to deal with and he's been awesome ensuring the mountains of paperwork are accurate and submitted on time.

For Future Flips

General Rehabbing - Paul at Bearhill Contracting - Super laid back, professional, and timely.  My favorite thing about Paul was that when he was on our project, he was ON our project.  No shuttling around to check on other jobs.  No getting bumped a few days or weeks because a more wealthy homeowner is demanding things get done faster. He was also very reasonably priced.

Electrical - Mike at AGK Electric was an awesome electrician on our last big remodel.  Incredibly fast and great work. Also, when it came time for inspection, the inspector said, "Oh, Mike did this? He's one of the best" and signed off before walking through the house.  That was reassuring.

Plumbing - Nathan at Ape's Plumbing is also awesome.  Small business.  Extremely prompt.  

These three guys work together on a lot of jobs, and I wouldn't hesitate one bit recommending all three of them for a flip that you wanted to run smoothly without worrying about missing deadlines or racking up cost overruns.