Out of State Investor - Remodeling and Home Repairs

[AJ Aviles]

Hi BP Community - I am an out of state investor (lives in CA, invests in FL). If you are an out of state investor and you need to preform one of the following: Home Improvement, Home Remodeling, or Home Repairs and the contractor requires you to be on-site for the walkthrough/inspection (which most of them do), how to you go about getting the job done without having to travel to that property? Do you have a local connection to go over there to represent you? Do you use some tactic to convince them to do it over FaceTime or some other communication technology?

[AJ Aviles]

@Doug Spence, @Michael Smythe, @Nathan Miller - appreciate all the feedback.

@Doug - If I ever needed someone to be there in-person on short notice, my aunt is local to the area and has helped me a bit by being there in-person for things. I only have 1 investment property while working a full-time remote consulting job so once I hit 3 properties with my full-time job I will look into a PM company. 

@Michael - appreciate the feedback and yes, I had to interview 7 plumbing companies when my Sanitary Line busted and I was able to get it repaired by an A+ company while being in CA the whole time. 

@Nathan - thanks for that feedback. I have my go-to inspector who has helped me a bit. And have my go-to plumbing and bathroom contractors. Now just looking for the right Lanai builders but most require me to be in-person so that is what I am trying to figure out next.