The same can be said for opportunity costs of tying up your own money as it can't be used for other investments while the project is ongoing.On the other hand, the contractor needs to feed his family, so probably cannot wait to get paid at the end of the project, so maybe work out progress payments along the way, or factor into your timeline his other projects.All of this needs to be very, very clearly spelled out in your agreement so there are no misunderstandings.Good luck!

My other company, www.mooremarsdenexperts.com is looking to work with agents who routinely specialize in divorce or probate.

Have a trial period  if they don't work out. it's your house.

Seattle area. when it comes to assigning Contracts somewhere I can't travel to, how does that work out?

If I see that people are interested in something more routine like this, I will try working on getting this set up.

I love the property aquisition and property management end of the business, my husband is a skilled carpenter he manages our renovations, does our accounting, and finds me financing ;) we also have a handyman that does routine maintenance.

And tonight I'll have a beer and maybe once I will wonder if either of my offers will get accepted.Once you've made 100 offers, it becomes routine. 

I know a lot of good people that give it a shot and then walk away after a couple years because they can't handle dealing with bad renters or the market swings and things don't work out.

So when look back at '08' it's a though of what muppet ever thought it would work out well, right.

They ill be the "complainers" who won't work out anyway and you'll be evicting them sooner then non-complainers.