You will trust too quickly (hire a fake guru) or never trust at all (analysis paralysis) and find yourself stagnating.If you aren't working on yourself as a person, you aren't working on your business.

I can't do anything myself besides paint, so I hired a contractor because my real estate agent recommended that he could do alot of things and would be cheap.

I work with several growing real estate investors to help them fund their projects and would be happy to connect virtually or in person.

SW also does a virtual color consult which we have done a couple of times when were trying to compliment existing colors so we didn't need to repaint the entire house or troublesome unique bathroom fixtures. 

Hiring a property manager to oversee things can also be a big help.

Virtually every loan we make has a private/hard money lender behind us, in second position.

Co-hosting could be locally based i.e. delivering towels, doing inspections, managing repairs and maintenance etc, or could be virtual tasks like communicating with guests and coordinating things virtually. 

A situation happened to me recently (my fault completely), I hired a landscaper, did not have a full contract into place and just had text threads between us..

The best way to think of it would be virtual door knocking.

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