If he really is licensed, inform your secretary of state/licensing dept. and find out if you have recourse against his performance bond.Your best bet after that would be to then sue him for liquidated damages due to his failure to perform (Your time and trouble, the cost of the other contractor) ... bear in mind that if he doesn't have a bond, this may be like squeezing blood out of a rock... cost you more in legal fees than you can possibly hope to recover.

The personal buyer market is hot and so is the REI market...... if it hits the MLS its like blood in the water for a lake full of starving sharks...its dozens of bids and outrageous prices.

For that matter they can ask your shoe size, blood type, and your ethnicity.

I have read posts where landlords swear by hardwoods with 3 coats of poly as being bulletproof in rentals, but I would suggest clicklock vinyl over the wood...not the thinner glue down.

 When there is blood on the streets… Or in this case water – it's time to buy --when everyone else is running for cover

Most might think he's a jerk for that, but the minute one hyena takes a bite, they all come running for blood. 

We never went after the vanished tenants because, well, it costs money and there is a definite “blood from a turnip” scenario.

@Richard Duane McClellan - Dang, that's cold blooded!

If he went to the hospital they probably took a blood test for alcohol or drugs.

I'm not trying to squeeze blood out of a turnip, I'm thinking $10-$15 a month a unit.I have heard of companies that install their units and maintain them.