I’m in the process of locking in subcontractors for my latest project in Sparrows Point, MD and was wondering if anybody could recommend an HVAC company to install a new heat pump (or mini-split) system in a single family house.  

While some contractors work on a 1099 basis, I worked as a W-2 for safe harbor reasons (the IRS has vague rules about who is a contractor and who is an employee -- picking the wrong one can get expensive for the parties involved when the IRS disagrees with your choice).I also had to learn how to live on a lumpy income stream as a contractor (if the agency didn't have a project for me to work on [no "billable hours"], I didn't get a paycheck).

Keep up with the educational side, figure out exactly what type of property you want to start with and find your first project.

I also still employ a small construction crew for some smaller projects and sub-contracting. 

Hi,I am going to start my project soon and I'm looking for people that have experience doing condo-conversion in Somervile.

To even consider before you start construction you would need an executed lease with a large non-refundable deposit upfront to show the tenant is serious and committed to the sight.If this tenant is not larger corporate but smaller individual or group there could be serious risk to building the project and then the tenant ends up falling out before taking occupancy.

Not that I would do all of the rehab work myself, because that would take way to long while working full time, but because I feel I have a good idea of what it takes to complete renovations and different types of projects.  

I need to setup a submeter system for water on a new construction project.

@Nathaniel M Cooper I personally have used subs for everything and always GC the project myself at my apartments in the Chicago suburbs.

Is that the right way to determine the feasibility of the project?