Another observation, bitcoin seems to be good for business and reputation.

I am not going to rent a nice house to four 19-year-olds working at McDonalds because it's absolutely foolish, but I will put two of them in an apartment and give them a chance to earn a reputation.

Evolve is nationwide and offers limited service engagements, but has a real bad reputation. 

I'm a web developer/ real estate investor and I just started playing with Dapps, is anyone else working on similar application?

In addition, the David Karesh scandal of the 1990's put a bad stain on the city's reputation even though the cult was based 30 minutes outside of Waco in the countryside.

You can search on Google, attend REI meetings, or explore Facebook groups.People invest a lot of time and energy in generating off-market leads, and connecting with reliable, reputable sources who supply quality deals can be a game changer.

In the beginning I'd recommend using a reputable GC, as you become more experienced you may (or may not) want to manage your project.personally before interviewing GC's I'd educate myself on Michigan contractors license laws and requirements.

So be careful and make sure you interview the Expediter and that they have had success in obtaining the Letter of No Objection.As far as evidence that you need to gather, look up your buildings TAX Class.You will find it here: Building Information SearchHere you will see something that looks like this:NOTE that while this is a Dept of Buildings Web Portal, what I have circled in RED is the Department of FINANCE Building Classification.You may not have a CofO, but the Dept of Finance maybe taxing you as a 2 Family.

Maybe try to ask around about their reputation if they're not a large, national builder and then go with your gut.

i do think it's challenging, though, for a brand new investor with zero experience to jump right into a huge rehab with a contractor they've never worked with before.the contractor might want a larger up-front payment to mitigate their own risk, and they're not going to be interested in any kind of fancy nonsense like a 'penalty' when they know a new investor has never managed a large project before.i have also found that some contractors, including reputable ones, don't even want to share itemized bids because they just don't want to have to argue about the individual line items.