There's plenty of companies who design and install for contractors for reasonable prices.

This is easy to explain and I think it would be helpful for the public to understand that agents are typically independent contractors and not employees, and that their brokerage actually receives the commission, not the agent.

You can find lots of real estate related resources (wholesalers, buyers, contractors, realtors, lenders, property managers etc.) 

Those are the hard working contractors you want to start with.

How did you find your general contractors in Philly and Baltimore? 

I gained an interest in Real Estate while looking for a contractor that also worked with an investor that has rent to own home we worked for.

Is the general contractor or subcontractors affiliated with the general partners of the partnership?

Be an area expert on contracts, zoning, value add components, contractors, and so much more. 

In the northeast having a second heat source in the rental saved  frozen pipes when the electric was out for days.

I’m a contractor with a couple single family homes for rent.