You need a firm estimate for the remainder of the work as your funds are limited (like most people who don't have an endless amount of money). 

Of course, it's for a limited time only, then they are going to "shut off the Gator Method" for about a year. 

You don't have a recourse because you took the liability on yourself knowing that is not his trade.  10 days later you have a water leak in the SAME bathroom causing the ceiling downstair to leak AGAIN.  

You can say the best out of the limited number of lenders they have signed up under their company but not in general to the vast majority or finance options under all banks and lenders.

(ATTOM)While specific monthly foreclosure data for Maricopa County in 2024 is limited, earlier in the year, in April 2024, the county recorded 281 foreclosure starts.

Quote from @Account Closed: For someone rebuilding their real estate business and looking to transition into larger multifamily deals, what’s the most effective way to position yourself as a valuable partner in syndications—especially when capital is limited but market knowledge, deal-finding ability, and local expertise are strengths?

This strategy has worked out really good for us and allowed us to borrow limited income from other people for down payments. 

The limit on scaling is your deal flow (mine never was that good) and time it takes to perform the value add (I got fairly quick for example, my last rehab did all new plumbing, electrical, and flooring.  

Zillow and OpenDoor attempted to use software to predict the sale price of properties and their results were/are bad because their software was poor and the inherent limitation of software to deal with subjective data.

Back then I was much more inclined to take a more concentrated risk with the somewhat limited capital we had.