I ask because I've interviewed a number of general contractors over the years for my various real estate projects and am shocked at how the vast majority showed up to the job site to give an estimate in a vehicle that did not display their contractor license number or business name.Aside from this one issue, they'd often have great portfolios, long list of successful permits I could verify they pulled, great references, no complaints on their license, and had been licensed for over a decade.

There are a lot of local real estate investor meetups in Northern NJ that you can find in the events forum here and on other sites.

Go to Etsy and search for "rental property tracker," and you will find hundreds of nice spreadsheets to track 10-20 rentals, usually for under $10.Software has extremely helpful features like online payments, marketing syndication (click a button, and your property is advertised on multiple sites), electronic document review/signing, maintenance tracking, and owner reports.

I would appreciate it if you could please contact me directly, since I believe that BP rules prohibit posting recommendations of this sort on the website.

State websites will have it in their revised codes.Look at Sutton, MA (and the county it resides) to see if anything else is on top of this.

Accept whoever applies" is an idea that would cost you a bucket of money in the long run.Bankruptcy is usually a "no" unless it appears to be a one-time event caused by something out of their control such as a massive medical bill or a business failure. 

Does anyone know of a site or common place to meet investors and rehabbers to make a deal with.

Welcome to the site.

I would recommend checking the VA website for this information. 

You can see it everyday on this site!