(Side Note: if you really want to jump your credit score in a few months (because it takes time for the reporting to update), and if your disciplined with your spending try this;1st) I went and did the math to see what my positive cash flow each month off my active income (let’s say you’ve got $500 left over after you go through your monthly spending avg. which is all you kick out vs what you bring in)2nd) Go get a credit card with 0% interest for 12mths with NO higher than 5% transfer fee.( their are some with low as a 0% transfer and I had got that one on my 2nd round cause my credit wouldn’t let me at first)3rd) do a transfer balance after 24- 48hrs of opening the card (Nope you don’t need wait to actually get the card just call in and tell them over the phone to send a Blanche transfer check to your bank account in the amount of your car Balance; because you’ve only got a 30day window of transfer with 0% interest for the 12mths)4th) PAY YOUR CAR OFF IN FULL, and take your old car note (let’s says it $450mth) plus your $500 positive cash each month and add all $950 each month to pay against the balance on the card5th) in 45days start checking your CreditKarma app (its free) and don’t worry about the 5% if it’s larger than your car loan % because once you’ve paid your car off your score will go up and in a couple months of $950 your car will be paid OFF not in 2more years or so...Thus saving you probably more than $2,000 in interest on the car loan (so you get to keep $$) and time in payments.Your saving money on interest (keeping it in your pocket thus making your pocket bigger!

Is there someone that could create everything for me at a more reasonable price?

There's only so much meat on every bone.

Now when I come home whoever greets me at the door gets the first hug and kiss and sometimes that turns out to be the dog! 

My wife married a boy making $7/hr and has seen me at my worst.

I have a secondary strategy, if I don't win, of approaching the winner and trying to peel off at least some of the property around me at a premium to them, but I am hoping to avoid that scenario altogether. 

I’d like to hire a general contractor in Bristol CT area who would take the lead but also be able to deal with me at job site and learning how to do many of the jobs myself?

There should be much more meat left on the bone with that much money into it.

Its a 2 bed 2 bath single family unit which worked for me at the time because I had a roommate that I charged an extra $500 to and split utilities.

To me at least, it sounds expensive and it would surprise me a bit that he would so quickly change face without any fight.