Dealing with bad contractors

[Ivan Aldana]

Hey everybody! I need your guys help and some insight on this BIG problem I got. I hired this contractor that I found on the bigger pockets website actually and I ended up getting burned by him. He’s been working on a rehab, he did a little bit of the work and then just stopped doing the work then started getting hard to reach. So I took it upon me to send somebody out to see what’s going on with my property and come to find out there is this guy that says he’s been working on my property but I never hired him or contracted him. He says the he was hired through Kevin Holmes(my original gc) which I made an payout to already but ended up running away with my money and apparently he’s been also living in my property for the last 90 days!!  I don’t want to do business with this guy at all, very unprofessional and I want him out my house! Tried calling the cops but seems like nobody wants to help me! On top of that he’s threatening to put a lien on my property because supposedly he’s the real guy that did a little bit of work on my property, but I never made a direct contract with this guy. ANY INSIGHT IS MUCH APPRECIATED HELP!!!