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Performing or non performing?

I don't anticipate a contractor to perform his craft any less effective just because we needed to cut costs.

Receipts for work performed by other professionals should be provided before work is paid.  

Based on the information provided, you were fined for performing plumbing without a license, not that something was wrong with the plumbing.

Rochester performs a reassessment every four years so with just finalizing the 2016 project, the next reassessment will be for the 2020 roll."

A contractor, in the eyes of the law and anyone with contracting experience, is simply someone who enters into a contract to perform a service or supply goods.

Even though you aren't the one occupying the house, it is your credit and character 'guaranteeing' performance.  

@Eric Eastman, it does sound like performing mortgage notes would be a great way to invest your money without some of the time commitment it can take to manage rentals or definitely to purchase non-performing assets.  

You don't have any control how that cities economy going to perform during the time in which you own your rental.