He refered me to the best HVAC guy.It has been mostly a "miss" with craigs list. but I did find a good pool replaster who gave me a contact for a good cement contractor.

I found out from subs he's marking up 40-80%He's now trying to bill for his time on top of this because he says there was no mark up, but I got the prices directly from the subsSub called to tell me he was going to put a lien on the property because he was not paid by GC, after we paid him 6 weeks agoThey poured cement footers (3ft deep) directly over a baseboard heater water copper pipe, basement is now flooding so we need to see if the cement broke the pipeHis crew broke plumbing pipe and GC would take zero responsibility for it.

But now that I work with landlords on their insurance, one of my clients told me a story that he had a stand alone single stall garage on a cement slab, completely GONE one day when he pulled up to one of his rentals,INSANE!

throw a basketball hoop in there and cement it. looks good for the open house

(hints at a repair)did the contractor pour a new slab of cement?

It happened in the old days twice before they put a cement barrier up. hmmm the property could provide cash flow but probably not be a very good investment in terms of resale value. 

What's your thought on people learning the construction and being able to under stand how foundations are made, windows are installed, what flashing is used for, and that concrete is not the same as cement?

Any look around at the building and the people hanging around should have sufficed but this kind of cemented the feeling.

I bought (CASH) a mixed use 3 apartments with a large warehouse with a fenced/gated cement covered yard.I then sold it CFD to a fellow investor/contractor who had his guys in several apartments & equipment stored in 3 different locations.

It seemed weird to drive by there and not see the gray cement tower of the nuclear plant.I hope you have a great weekend and a profitable week!