We are in a mindset to constantly reduce expenses which is an important aspect to monitor, but do not compromise the service providers who perform well for you even if they are a little higher in price than a general handyman.

@Lia Lopez This does not seem to be a good solution.

Well, I hope it is good for you because I have not seen his work.What it means is that professional solutions for REI accounting are probably outside of your comfort zone cost-wise. 

However, some cell phones have the option to route calls through wifi so that could be a solution, to have the tenant enable wifi calling on their phone.

I highlited some of them in an article I wrote for Bigger Pocket and even have a solution step in the 3rd section of the post. 

@Navid A.My colleagues did a spectacular job over-complicating a common situation that had a simple solution: report the entire deal as your partner's and have him issue a 1099 to you (or to your LLC).

When you have any question, you can search on BP for a solution or start a discussion.

I'm curious as to what the solution would be.  

., as ours is also required to be monitored (by 1st Responders) 24/7. 

Looking for suggestions on how to monitor his progress from a distance making sure he even get to the job-site.I found the GC through the PM I hired with understanding they will check on him periodically which doesn't seem to happen as often I expected (what I discussed with them originally) and they obviously don't seem to have any influence on him sticking to schedule...contract state the deadline but doesn't specify what happen if job is not done by then.I know renovation often go off schedule...at the same time it's hard to finish job without showing to the site!