There are plenty of competent, licensed skilled trades people to perform your required work. while you act as Contractor. 

It is a trade organization representing it's membership.  

There's plenty of work for licensed trade guys right now and they don't want the village to come after them.

Good morning AnnYes I am aware that I could not use buyer C’s funds to purchase a property,  I was taught that in one of my classes,  I liked how you were right to the point with your answer, my purpose for asking the question about double closings is I am searching for mentors in the real world of real estate, I guess I could have asked google the question but that wouldn’t have got me in touch with real people with real answers, this site is fantastic for beginners like myself, I’ve been installing flooring for 43 years working with realtors and new builds and investors, I decided to retire my back and knees from my trade so I can continue to work with clients on a different level,  I just completed and built my dream cabin in central Maine, I coordinated the entire project and hired all the contractors and paid them as well, I do have a passion for real estate, one of my goals is to gain relationships with realtors Thank you for your answers Mat

The true trades prices have been very constant but the ext guys, framing contractors and int guys have become greedy. 

A hostile tenant in "normal times" is a challenge but in this pandemic environment that old adage of "what starts out crazy only gets crazier" is in full swing.

Do you like swinging a hammer or a pen?

I am pretty proficient with swinging a hammer.

In the worst areas, you can expect prices to swing wildly from one street to the next based on criteria that simply isn't captured in a lot of real estate data.This is how crazy it can get: I used to own two identically constructed houses on different sides of the Monongahela River, 2.6 miles apart.

I traded my business cards with each one of them and not a single one of them replied to my follow up(thanks for your time) email.