Im also a union electrician which leaves me the option to go back to work full time or do a 2 week short call.  

I made deals with local contractors (plumber, electrician, handyman, pestcontrol...) for my properties.

You'll need a licensed General Contractor to pull the building permits, and then either you or the GC will have to hire a licensed electrician, plumber and HVAC company to pull the individual mechanical permits and do that work.The GC and the subcontractors should be able to handle pulling the permits for you (you won't be able to do it yourself if you're not appropriately licensed).

.$2,200 for appliances, fixtures and supplies at Home Depot/Lowes$100 for electrician (2 hours)$80 for professional cleaners (2 hours)$600 to rent/buy staging furnitureWe did a lot of the cleaning ourselves, and purchased all our own supplies except the paint and flooring.

Between them we have house painters, an electrician, a floor layer, and connections to get some of the supplies at cost.

Long story short, I bought my first multi family, a duplex, and was in the middle of rehabbing it when everything went to hell.I was having major electrical work being done, had a licensed electrician and pulled a permit.Inspector comes in, see's that there is new plumbing and notices my handyman, who is not a licensed plumber, is installing a toilet and some other minor plumbing stuff and shuts us down.Fast forward a few weeks, I meet with the state plumbing inspector and he explains the rules about who can do what with regards to plumbing.

when hiring a plumber or hvac guy or electrician I understand a need for them to carry insurance.

The house was constructed in a way that the plumber and electrician were on site when the blocks where being laid and all the pipes and wires ran through the center of the blocks.

I am looking for contractors (such as : plumbers, electricians, heating and air, carpenter and ect.)

That makes no sense to me...If he doesn't have subcontractors, then he must have a very large payroll (concrete guys, framers, electricians, plumbers, HVAC, engineers, sheetrock guys, carpenters, etc).