I have a home on Burns Street in Wichita that I may get on contract this week. 

@Trey Burns Welcome to BP man!!!!

I watched the Holiday station get burned to the ground on 46th and the Walgreens get looted.   

I am currently a software engineer and MBA student based in San Jose, CA.  

Some people have to learn the hard way and get burned (not saying this is what will happen), but there are enough resources here to get you a mentor. 

I have many a family as proof to that and I personally refuse to be that victim. having a paid off primary residence weather single family or multi only insulates me from most of the worst of society and allows me to be very stress free and happy and conserve my momentum towards my goals with less obsticals. by having a paid off residence that's is a multi family I could still make progress even if I was only getting paid disability from the government. and make massive progress if I indeed to find a entry level job into my carrer field as a engineer.

Dear @Taylor Burns: depends on the price of the house.

Account Closed Thumbtack can be useful but I’ve been burned on there before.

We actually put an obscene amount of money into his car building the engine but you wouldn't think so to look at the paint. 

Short of hiring an engineer to sign off on the structural integrity is there anything else I can do to ensure the repairs were done correctly?