How should I structure the deal with him so I don't get burnt and anything else I need to take into consideration ?

I'm thinking to pull the trigger on a deal and would like to connect with the right professionals asap.

Find a home under 50K that you think will rent and pull the trigger.  

sold thanks everyone for the consideration, I'll keep posting deals I find!

Screen applicants as normal and select the most qualified without consideration for the contractors offer.

Keep it up and you will be fine when your ready to pull the trigger.

Also, I know I've read up on blogs and heard in podcast about being sensitive for mailing to those who may have had a loss recently, ANY SUGGESTIONS for KEYWORDS that can help me trigger some good articles for a newbie as I push my first campaign out??

Plus, you don't want to live somewhere in SF you don't want to because it's the only place $100k can get you into something.But for more general considerations for buying a primary or investment property, I wrote this-https://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2014/01/1...Hope that helps!

It is slightly less expensive once you take into consideration the monthly cost of the online version.  

Thanks for the politeness @Adrian Fajardo, I took a look at that property a while back ago but never found the courage to pull the trigger.