I am an aircraft electrician by trade and will soon be a buy and hold real estate investor.

I also hire plumbers/electricians and painters when needed. 

I initially considered the potential of a property that needs some work, but I have ZERO experience rehabing, dont know many contractors (I know one plumber and one electrician), and have never really done any construction work.

I'm an electrician by trade an also know other trades so it wouldn't be nothing to get the house going but I lack on one thing the funds!

I have occasionally brought along my carpenter, electrician and {once} my plumber to property walkthroughs before we have a contract or LoI in-place.This usually occurs with vacant properties (REOs, estates, etc) which are going to need a lot of work.  

and you're welcome to attend any of our REIA meetings...MikePS I've got a great electrician from Worcester that just did all our work on a Rehab, even comes to Boston.

Let me lay it out a little better.Yard (tenant)Leaky faucet (tenant if possible/handyman if not)Change a lightbulb (tenant)Fix a leaky pipe (handyman)Fix a shorted out circuit (handyman if very simple/electrician if not) HVAC issue (my HVAC Guy)Appliance issue (handyman/or appliance repair man)You get the idea Simple repairs (tenant), slightly more complicated repairs (handyman) complicated repairs (technician)  

Plumbers, Drywallers, Painters, Electricians, Roofers, Carpet/Wood Floor installers, and Interior design specialist.

= 11k11k - 8.5k (buying costs, 7.5k for purchase and 1k for closing (cash)) = 2.5k2.5k - 4.5k (selling costs, 4k for commission, 500 for warranty) = -2k35k - 24.5k = 10.5k (profit) - 2k (overages) = 8.5k (final profit)It doesn't look like the greatest profit, but my main goals going in to this is to not take a loss on this venture (hopefully making a bit on the way), and to learn a tremendous amount about the ins and outs of a house (myself and a couple friends will be doing all the work except for the carpeting, and plumber/electrician inspection).Please let me know what you guys think and if you require more info.

We hire electrician to the electric and plumber to do plumbing all at great rates, because we have a reputation for paying as soon as the job is done and we send them a lot of work so we fast turnaround at low prices.