You need a GC you trust and a GC that cares and a GC that wants to build a business relationship with you and not be a one off. 

Whoever created the trust should be able to help you with that.

Thank you I have presented a 40-60 offer to him now to see if we can get the house at the bottom dollar we would like I for but I am putting a lot of trust in him on the price and feel that we may be offering so low that I seller will not bite 

No way I would trust this to chance.

Many lessons have been learned firstly is you can’t be too nice or trusting and second is, don’t wait to figure out the refinance and cash out process and until you are almost done with rehabbing the property because currently going through a very lengthy, cash out refinance ordeal at the moment as I’m trying to get financing terms finalized as we speak.

List the property on MLS or with a trusted real estate agent, and market aggressively through social media, local advertising, and open houses to generate interest.

I really appreciate your bluntness trust me everyone that has commented has really given me amazing insight if this endeavor works out or does not work out it will be a benefit because yes I may end up losing money but I will not lose the lessons I learned.

Hey @Trevor Scheumann, The biggest thing to look for when visiting a new potential market is going to be to network with boots on the ground, namely property managers, highly recommended realtors and maybe a few contractors if they come from trusted sources.

Ideally you'd be there too (or a manager if you had one) as that is best practice in my opinion, but being remote you just have to outsource everything to people you trust. 

Best of luck building that trust!