Many investors will choose a "good enough" solution for a flip (morally questionable) or a professional repair if its  a long term hold or a well done flip.

The wholesaler will really help boost your ROT and in turn the ROI will go up because you are able to get more accomplished. 

If you do that is a kickback and those are forbidden by RESPA.The moral of your story here.

I will make a few calls to attempt to pay them but that's honestly just to maintain moral integrity.

You Save the relationship with the seller and you boost your reputation as an investor.

To be able to flip you need a market where you can plug money into repairs to get a big boost in property value but you can't find that everywhere.

I used my credit cards to boost my cash to buy the last 2 houses cash so I can get the best deal for me.

as it relates to BP  in the beginning just believing that being a  BP member elevated someone to higher moral and ethical grounds. and finding out that its just like the rest of the world gots to be very careful about who is on these types of websites.. lost money with BP members who talked a big game  LOL. 

Tony, I would say that boosting your credit score is the no-brainer investment, then possibly starting a LLC and boosting your business credit (may take two years) are the best investments for now.

I would like to preface this by saying that Yes A LOT of  contractors have given the GC a bad stigma with them upcharging and not being moral.