In and around the Philly market, which is my home town, my contractor comes from a referral from a friend who worked with this GC. 

Quote from @Marcellis Mosby:I would bring the contractor with me on that viewing to get the full bid..

If you're planning to raise rents over time - would be good to get a bid from a contractor to figure what it would cost to fully redo one of the units so you have a template of what it could cost to redo all of them. 

, hvac/electrical/sprinkler/ADA/etc., landscaping/signage, plumbing, google pin ownership, are there any major capex items, etc4.

If you are looking to fix and flip, would determine if you are planning to do the work yourselves, holding costs associated with the timing, or if you are going to use a General Contractor- make sure you have some good folks in place first. 2.

I am currently looking to establish short & long term financing, and looking to forge relationships with  contractors in the Columbus, Ga.

Before that I was a Framing contractor and worked for a multi-family marketing company.

Leverage local professionals like real estate agents, property managers, local lenders, and contractors.

This is what can go wrong when you have beginners wholesaling who have no training in real estate, no experienced managing broker to go to for advice, no license, no E&O insurance, no knowledge of how to avoid scams, no regulatory body to answer to, no relationships with other quality people in the industry like title companies, lenders, contractors that they can refer to help people, etc. 

Hello everyone,I have been given 15 day extension to show an effort to do repairs on a large SFH that now has a unlawful detainer/former tenant who has been found subleasing, damaging the property and preventing contractors from entering.