Admittedly, the good GCs won't do that, since they are too busy themselves.  

Check the most recent rental comps to give you ideas for finishes to get the rent you are targeting.

I did contact the utility company and they suggested to give them a call during business hours and have the utilities disconnected since I no longer own the property.

His negative reaction and aversion to wanting a neutral third party to play referee was a tip off to me to do more research and after paying $25USD for an online background check on the seller I discovered he had multiple judgements against him for business fraud even though the title to the property was clear.My personal lessons from my scammer were1.

We still need to send the business plan to one of the private lenders who we have been talking to and who has been giving us pointers helping us along the way as we are new Real Estate Investors. 

Looking to gather some ideas on other investing opportunities besides STR’s.

The idea of being more passive sounded good but I was really apprehensive about putting in $100,000 and it being tied up for 5 to 7 years.

There are no 3rd party property managers that are going to reply after business hours.

Got my first single-family rental purchased earlier this year and now I’m on to my next property which will be a section 8 partnership purchase with my sister and business partner.

- I recently got into STRs, and I like that business better.