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If he is bonded, you can try filing a claim against his bond.Feel free to PM me this contractor's name so I never use him lol.

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These are often either free or have a small membership fee or a nominal cost and you can meet great people and often source some great deals and get the names of good connections at these types of meetings.

Since you requested any book recommendations, I wanted to point you towards Tax Free Wealth by Tom Wheelwright. 

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I am actually moving out of my house this weekend, then I was planning to do a long term rental but maybe STR would be more cash flow?

QuickBooks cando more than you realize.For rentals, Stessais free with a BP Pro subscription.

And it’s free…could be helpful https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

Since they only require a minimum of 3.5% down it wouldn't eat up all my funds, which could be used elsewhere in other projects/rentals, and on top of that I could pretty much live rent free with even some positive cashflow.