Shorter holding periods also help mitigate risk, so working with a reliable contractor is key.

Making contacts including HML, contractors, RAs and Property Managers.

Born and raised Buffalonian,  contractor, real estate agent / flipper.   

We hired another contractor (a church friend of a realtor that we'd used in the past and we trust this realtor 100%) and paid him $15,000 to start the same project and everything went great; he completed demolition, installed the new roof, and got some permits (roof permit, electrical, and plumbing).

The damage is well documented and the photos, witness statements, and contractor reports are pretty damning.Thanks again to everyone who weighed in.

Get your own boots on the ground, meet the people you will rely on aka the cleaners two handmen, meps(mechanical, electrical, plumbing) contractors.

I can cut down contractor costs if the county/state doesn't require a contractor to do said work needed.

I purchased a duplex in Lorain in May of this year and hired a general contractor (GC) I found on Bigger Pockets.

For starters, I partnered with a bad wholesaler/contractor on remodeling a duplex in Indianapolis.

Either you do all the work yourself, i.e. no contractors, no managers and no cleaners - or you do 100 hours of hands-on work and none of these other people do more hours than you.