People want reliability, honesty, being on time, and having a good personality more than just a few $$.

I personally think it is best to work with local professionals with a good track record. 

@Lauren MerendinoI strongly believe that your chosen market should be somewhere that you can go to in person / have strong personal knowledge of / have family or a network in already.  

Personal guarantees are EXTREMELY common.

I personally have not heard of the website that you came across.

I personally feel it's very intrusive to call someone like this, but maybe it's considered acceptable? 

BUT, let’s say for personal reasons you want to “stretch” for faster wealth accumulation.  

Every company has atleast 1 person who leaves a negative review but what you fail to realize is that this is real estate.

I have read all of the "trends" and statistics but now I am Looking for feedback on personal experience in the Akron market.I appreciate it! 

I spend roughly $120k on my renovations, but this is for the entire property and developing the secondary suite which certainly costs more (2 new furnaces, all new plumbing, new kitchens and bathrooms with tiled floors and showers).All said and done, I personally love it.