You could set up a schedule for labor payment according to how much work is done but pay the largest balance at the end.I was talking with a buddy that owns a painting company in Minneapolis today and they don’t pay their subs until the job is done.

They are all performing well, but you have to choose wisely in this area.  

Your discussion regarding get engaged is frivolous and irrelevant in regards to where you choose to live.

Give them a bathroom to do, or flooring, or paint, or something small.

The entire banister is old painted pine. 

He house hacked- meaning lived in the home and rented out the other units, BRRR’d- Buy, rent, refinanced, repeat, diversified his assets by choosing multifamily, empty lots, RV units, etc, and did his own construction and creatively built units (one house he bought for $250k, built two units in the back, and now appraised for $750k).He has been a great inspiration and taught me much knowledge in the field of finance and real estate.

If your state regulations does not specifically state that you "must " choose the first qualified you always choose the "most" qualified.

An agent will give you interested people and you choose who to sign a lease with.

I was thinking of offering a "discount" if the tenant chooses to pay this way, and set up the ACH to happen every month on the 1st.

They had already put in new flooring and paint and all that.