I left the house to drive around the block to give him time, I noticed him standing in the dark, staring out of his window recording with his phone.

You'd prob. get better information on their own from Neighborhood Scout. no argument from me Agents have to start somewhere and not all agents are seasoned pros or grew up in the hood they are selling.. and for sure with low end rentals in the rust belt and mid west it can be very very block to block and you just dont want to take a listing agents word for it.. you know they may have to make their car payment ..

The decision to allow these losses or to block them is made at the personal level, for each of you separately.

The new flip I just started working on is in a small town, but once again it was the ugliest house on the block. 

Pain in butt to work with but well worth it.

My suggestion is eat the pain and try to talk to them and get it done what you need to. 

@Gary Garrett You have a long winded question here but I recognize the pain.

Sent out 2 messages  to individuals last week and I think BP is blocking my messages as well.I’m 18 years in this business flipping and building new construction.

The truth is that finding the right contractor is a painful and expensive process.

He told me about how it was a pain having to do it twice.