This contractor has 0 reviews on yelp which I found a bit sketchy, but was able to vet him by his contractor's license, worker's comp, and by visiting some of his ongoing projects.

my condolences on your recent lost.there are a few ways you can do this, as mentioned above you can take a heloc on your primary residence which will give you a second mortgage, first mortgage payment wont be impacted. you can do cash out refinance which will give you one mortgage and payment. it will pay the old mortgage and give you money in your pocket to pay for the rehab.or you can do a renovation refinance which is similar to cash out refinance but we would contractor involved  as part of the refinancing and they are paid through the loan

And if the deal itself isn’t solid, no contractor can turn it into a win. 

She owns a PM company and she is also a licensed contractor because she was tired of GC's ripping her off. 

@Dani Murai, while I can't give you a name of anyone in your area (I am not from there), when you are interviewing contractors, here are a couple things I have seen:I avoid any contractor that has a draw schedule based on percentages, i.e. 1/3 up front, 1/3 at halfway completed and 1/3 at completion.  

I believe many believe they can assemble a team of realtor, contractor, property manager and lender and become profitable.

Not just a non licensed investor. 

Great to see your post and congratulations on getting your license.

Being out of state, I hope to get connected with good realtors / property managers / contractors / everything in Buffalo too.

Most of the work will be following up with warm leads already.)When you say you’re taking a job, will you be an employee on salary + commission or an independent commission only “contractor”.