He has done development, manufactured home (MH) parks, MH sales and a hotels.

(smile) Now that idea has expanded even further, I now want to be involved in Development focusing on Loft type or Manufacturing Building that can be redesigned for residential use with a twist.

They themselves are a plight on my industry as they cheapen our reputation as a whole, leading to mindsets like yours.but do I set an agent down upfront and explain to them that I work with many different agents?

Not that I recommend that.First, what REI said ... get at least three qoutes from reputable contractors.Second, learn the basic trades yourself.

How do I find people to demolish and build for me that have a good reputation.

If you are serious about buying into a tenant in common program and would like some choices from respectable and trustworthy people in the industry email me and I will get you in touch with someone who has a perfect reputation and has been in business fro over 20 years.

Not only will that give you problems down the road with clients, but it will also give you a bad reputation.

In many ways he is manufacturing his appreciation if you stretch the terms a bit.Your model is thin.

i am newbie here as well and read foucus on one topic at a time really read all you can in this forum and join real estate aasociation REI in your hometown and you meet people in the "know" I started last week and in the cal classroom i met mortgage brokers, new people learning the market like me. the seminar leader is nice and very knowledgeable. he met a president at a bank through networking and how beneficial to network with people in REI especially if your looking for reputable vendors.

They are losing three manufacturing jobs to every one of ours due to labor pressure from the South Pacific.