A retail contractor deals more with one offs such as home owner remodels, an investor friendly contractor is expecting to do multiple jobs and stay busy, thus keeping their subs busy, and will do the work for less of an upcharge.Once you have those two numbers figured out then it's just plug and play like stated above.

If they have an online archive you may be able to search the address there.

I play dumb when I meet contractors, I guess I do that to sorta gauge their honesty.

Usually when someone is interested enough to send me a message, I respond with  a link to my online application and request they fill it out.

generally a waste of time.. but you can always ask.. lots of work with probably more money owed than what you think. and poor lady is probably more stubborn than you think.. and she will probably call 10 I buy homes for cash people and work the best deal she can.no equity sub too is a terrible play in my mind.. why do it..

If your owner doesn’t play I would route for the following...The following strategy might be an interim idea hat gives you the option to test all waters.

I’m a house flipper and one of the reasons I am currently studying to get my license is because I no longer like playing the waiting game for my realtor.

You'd be far better off to see if your county has public access to mortgages in arrears notices notices online somewhere, and pursue the preforclosure route, as best as I can tell.

The cool guy trend seems to be towards Multi-Family, but I do not think it's the best option.MF:1) It's getting played out. 

@Shiloh Lundahl you are absolutely right, family dynamics plays huge part.