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DETROIT General Contractor Needed

Joseph Lombard
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My partner & i are buying a property in the greater Detriot area. Does any one have a referral of a GC that they have used in the past? 

The ones i am finding seem to be pricing us very high as we are out of state. need someone who is fair, quality work, and wont F### us over lol

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Lavance Reed Jr
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Sterling Heights, MI
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Lavance Reed Jr
  • Rental Property Investor
  • Sterling Heights, MI
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Quote from @Joseph Lombard:

My partner & i are buying a property in the greater Detriot area. Does any one have a referral of a GC that they have used in the past? 

The ones i am finding seem to be pricing us very high as we are out of state. need someone who is fair, quality work, and wont F### us over lol

Hello Joseph, my name is Lavance and I own and operate Raising Detroit. I would love to connect and discuss your needs in Detroit. I have experience working with out of state investors and am transparent and fair with pricing. Thanks!

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Joseph Lombard
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Quote from @Lavance Reed Jr:
Quote from @Joseph Lombard:

My partner & i are buying a property in the greater Detriot area. Does any one have a referral of a GC that they have used in the past? 

The ones i am finding seem to be pricing us very high as we are out of state. need someone who is fair, quality work, and wont F### us over lol

Hello Joseph, my name is Lavance and I own and operate Raising Detroit. I would love to connect and discuss your needs in Detroit. I have experience working with out of state investors and am transparent and fair with pricing. Thanks!

can you shoot me a message?
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Travis Biziorek
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Travis Biziorek
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Hey Joseph, this is a tall order.

The folks that have these contacts (like myself) guard them pretty heavily and also keep their contractors busy.

It's not a selfish thing, it's just business. We've had to make these connections over years and by trial and error. That means we've gone through all the horror stories, scammers, folks running off with money, shoddy work, etc.

So you'll probably find few, if any, folks willing to hand those relationships over.

My advice would be to test folks out on small jobs and work them up to doing larger ones. Maybe try visiting and showing your face so you're not just a random OOS investor if you feel they're taking advantage of that.

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Michael Smythe
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Michael Smythe
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@Joseph Lombard we agree with @Travis Biziorek.

Suggest you change your post title to: "DIY Investors Please Share Your Detroit Area Contractors" or something similar to appeal to fellow DIY'ers and any contractors.