You can setup a draw schedule using “passing” inspections as the milestone for payment.

Here’s information about an interesting one:“The Dutch city of Eindhoven is to be the first in the world to have habitable homes made by a 3D printer, in an innovation its backers believe will revolutionise the construction industry.Of the first five new houses to be put on the rental market next year, the smallest, with two bedrooms, has already attracted applications from 20 interested families just a week after images were made available.Known as Project Milestone, the development is said by the Dutch construction company Van Wijnen to offer...”https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/jun/...

Also, another piece of advice for dealing with the contractors is to always use milestone payments. 

Most are bought by cash from a refinance, or a sale of a smaller one that's had its' value added to buy a bigger one to do the same.I suppose I could chart my units on a graph with time on one axis and units on another to see how they've grown over time.   

As the project progresses, if they aren’t hitting their milestones within the agreed upon schedule, ask them how they are going to accelerate their work and submit to you a recovery schedule to remedy.

This is definitely the place for tips and strategies for succeeding as a real estate investor, and there are a TON of Atlantans here.Since you're already on the road to getting licensed, I strongly recommend you connect with those folks who are on that same road, just a few milestones further down.

Then everything is on a draw schedule based on milestones.

On CM, pay him per passed inspection / milestones, back-load his pay on finishing touches, i.e finishing / final punchlist completion 800, the 1,200 regular milestones.

The people and content here are amazing.I would like to share with everyone a milestone reached yesterday: Closing on 1st Fix and Flip/HoldI am humbled and very grateful to all who have helped and showed supported along the way. 

Have you seen Case-Schiller property appreciation graphs on San Diego.  4) rent rates traditionally lag purchase in both directions.