Spend time with talented, experienced, growing people.

There are many personal variables involved (personal goals, qualities, skills, talents, experience, work ethic  etc).  

In the end, we all need to place a value on our time and determine if we have the time, talent and treasure necessary to do the work or does it best serve us to hire a contractor.

There is a lot of talent here on BP.

I empathize with my tenants however, t twice because of their communications, I've come close to my warranty being dumped by the builder who's problem stems from the inability to hire talented, qualified contractors due to a building boom in the area.The builder wrote an email requesting that they only deal with me and my partner.

I appreciate your help very much.From the Lovely and Talented Fern C.

Check craigslist.org for the cheap ones and the appliance repair guys for their scratch and dents, like Michael said.I also agree with Jonna that you should develop a relationship with a few local "mechanically talented" guys you can have on call in your cell phone to call them up and say "This is what happened, can you fix it or do you know a guy who can?".

Not sure if the two of you have some untapped talent or skill that can help add to your financial situation?

Wholesalers provide a needed service to both the owners of properties neglected by the Realtor profession, and investors who do not have the time, talent or inclination to hunt down these opportunities.

Being defensive doesn't help, it just shows you got a short fuseI have said this  probably 50 times.....If you want to stay out of trouble and learn some basics of real estate investing...Read everything from these people@J Scott wholesaling, Buy his books on BP, cheapest Wholesaling education that is clear and useful and actionable@Brian Burke  @Bryan Hancock joint ventures and private lending and syndications@Bill Gulley every bank and financial regulation known to man and beast, Hell I bet he could decipher OSHA lol@Ken Rishel anything is going to do with regulations of mobile home parks and Dodd Frank@Jay Hinrichs an unusual level of experience in land, transactional funding, and running a re brokerage@John Jackson lease option law in Texas, executory contracts in Texas, and stand up comedy lol@Dmitriy Fomichenko and @Brian Eastman solo 401(k)s and Private LendingAnd without beating my own drum, I'm pretty good with negotiating terms deals with sellers, lease options, wrap mortgages, and installment salesI doubt the talent in this list is easily matched or exceeded anywhere on any other USA RE siteMy advice is to just follow these people and take some notes