Monitor the cracks for several months to see if there is still movement.

That said, you can hire commercial contractors for less money than a 50/50 split, you know they can do the job, but a higher price is the trade off, if you go with residential contractors, it will be less formal, unknown if the company can do the job right and up to a certain standard, probably daily monitoring/over schedule with over budget, etc but the advantage is lower price.That said, I tried a quote from a government contractor (no overages at all) vs a commercial contractor vs a residential contracor, they are 5-10% from each other.

At YE you will be seeing nonpayment and headed to eviction is my experience.Offer M2M only and monitor payment history and promptness. 

There will be local who monitor that forum and should be able to provide firm recommendations....while here you might get some stranger down in Texas commenting ;)  Just an idea.

He is going to manage the construction, monitor the budget, and work with a realtor to sell the house upon completion. 

@Joe Gore @Phillip Dwyer @Scott Pigman   Joe your In the 1960s  times they be a changing.read Phillips response he has it laid out how it is.. the new lock box's can be programed to only open at certain hours and certain days and you can also access them with your I phone app. . .they will send an e mail to the owner of the lock box ( agent)  the minute another agent access the box .. they are really pretty incredible and depending on the agent very valuable tools to monitor showing's.

We also hired a next door neighbor to do it for awhile; you would need to monitor quality.

Monitoring this topic can't wait for updates! 

Having worked in the financing end of the real estate business (along with other loans), I've noticed an interesting aspect of the loan applicants and decided to conduct this informal survey.Who uses a Credit Monitoring Service?

I am going to monitor this topic b/c I had recent thoughts of doing this but on an apartment building.