Nowadays I use what I've learned and help investors building their rental portfolios in class C neighborhood while personally I either build Padsplit in class C or build high end vacation rental in class A area and hold them. 

At some point early on you will have to pull the trigger and have them do the work so they see that there is a symbiotic relationship.This used to be true, but nowadays you will just lose out on a lot of really good and talented GCs who are tired of being told - "hey take a look at this house for free and I'll give you a lot of work in the future....as long as you work for cheap".

My thoughts:1) Check the new regulations, with A2P, they may be clamping down on cold texts and most may not even be getting delivered nowadays.2) Just texting is much too passive.

Just looking to see if this is the expectation nowadays or am I way off on having RentRedi handle this for me. 

How much do you pay for a lead nowadays?

Seems like the house will sell itself.....and escrow is pretty automatic nowadays.....

Quote from @Bradley Buxton: @Dave MeyerRegardless if the numbers the stock market seems to be more of a VC casino than a wealth building strategy.  

Then you've opened Pandoras Box and you instantly have the guys in the HazMat suits with fans and plastic sheets all over.....and a bill for $5000 for something you could have done for $50.I used to do this kind of work on the weekends when the city inspectors weren't driving around :-) haha , one time the hazmat guy come down to check for asbestos checking ; it wasn't that bad it's actually 2k and insurance company for that in my case.( To be honest, the house with water damage is good to buy because it scares the potential buyer, but if it's located in good location we could sometimes purchase the house with 10-30% discount lol but nowadays even FTHB knows this secret too so they still overbid the house )but yeah, to the OP, if you want to be sure you have to cut the drywall, the more the better.

Nowadays when I go to meetups I don't bring business cards because once they hear I'm a builder they swarm around me asking me 100s of questions.

@Richard Chover,You're in a good area for it with the wineries and casino.