Hi Kevin,To get into fix and flips, I started by focusing on a few key steps that helped me find success:Educate Yourself: Learn the market, analyze property values, and understand rehab costs.Build a Network: Connect with real estate agents, contractors, and lenders.Secure Financing: Consider hard money or private loans for quick capital.Find the Right Property: Look for undervalued homes in growing areas.Create a Detailed Plan: Budget carefully and have a clear timeline for renovations.What worked best for me was staying disciplined with my numbers and always having a solid team in place.

Granted, this was a contractor we have worked with many times, so he knew us and trusted the work. 

For both areas I've found that generally contractors won't come down from the Capital district for small jobs.

Some contractors will only warrant the installation if they are also the supplier of the windows.

They wont.Primary residence holders can live in and enjoy the use of unpermitted work, self accepting known risks associated with it.  

Covid brought us tremendous success so we got our contractor's license and opened Apogee Custom Homes.

Looking to convert it into a 1 bedroom apt.In need a of a contractor who can handle this. 

Rough est is $500k (contractor walk through) with approx $9k earnings monthly.All this said.

If you are a serial flipper and mostly focused in the same part of the country, maybe you can sign a retainer style contract. Or

I've been a licensed real estate broker in the past, have taken the appraisal courses, but didn't take the test, and now a licensed contractor and plumber, and soon to be electrician and hvac.