You have to get yourself into the right rooms and websites, podcasts, conferences, etc, but beyond that you need to develop a solid reputation and get out there and talk to people. 

It's not good for your reputation and it's not good business. 

Even if you get a highly-reputable outfit that will send well-above-average guys, you can expect to be charged substantial money for a great, labor-intensive refinishing job on an old floor that approximates the look of a new wood floor.I don't know what you want your spec rehab to look like.

What insurance companies in Ontario/Canada have good reputation for covering rental properties, such as reasonable price, and easy to make a claim?

@Eli M. as long as it's a reputably company it's fine...just do a little research.

If it's still hard to find reputable tenants to rent out the property because it's in a bad area, then it's going to be a risk tolerance question.A potential upside would be that A home could increase rent/value if the area continues to gain popularity and desirability. 

It sounds like something of that scale should be attractive enough to draw some interest from reputable / qualified contractors.

"Investment home flipper" needs to protect their reputation.. so smooth operating rentals is how that is done.For me personally i would not mortgage the family home to buy investment property.. unless you have substantial cash savings to rescue you in the event of a poor experience  turn key or not.. you can mitigate the experience by buying the top 1/3 of a given market not the bottom 1/3  top third returns are lower on paper.. bottom 1/3 they are higher on Paper.. but paper proforma s are not actual s... so just be cautious of investing for returns.. this can lead to buying tough to manage property and properties over the long haul that don't perform as suggested in the up front materials. or your BP calculator whatever you use to run your numbers.

Long term players with a stellar reputation.

I see their poor reputation is not just here in TX.