Finding Core Team - Out of State

[Anthony Catoni]

Looking for tips on finding your core team, specifically contractors, when investing out of state. Currently, overseas on military orders. Typically, I find properties that have been rehabbed and look up permits and find contractors that way or through word of mouth. My current situation doesn't allow me to find contractors by looking at houses and its not really feasible with scaling. What tips/tricks do you use for finding contractors? If you rely on recommendations from another member of your team, how do you operate when they decline to give you the contractor's info because they are too busy? Thanks!

Tony