After that long headache, I decided to always listen to my gut in addition to the objective data I gather during the screening process.

You all have brought me to this conclusion and although I really was hoping to hear something else I kind of knew this was the intelligent thing to do.David, thank you for your objective opinion and referral to J Scotts book.J Scott thank you for playing devils advocate.Tony Reale thank you for a terrific analysis and a contractors point of view.Thank you all.

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.

No system is perfect, so don't waste your time chasing after the next shiny object.

My concern however was that I had not experienced any contractors objections until the encounter I had with this one electrician.

Everyone's objectives and styles are different, but for me personally, I'd take the $60K and buy 3 buy and hold properties in the Midwest like Indianapolis or Kansas City with financing.

That way I can have some say in who is doing this and be sure it is Not a test AND remediation company - which I would certainly object to.  

This may be a great deal, but if they don't match the current criteria of your plan, they are nothing more than shiny objects of distraction. 

Disclosure seems to be the biggest turn off for those who object to getting licensed. 

Does anyone know of a good online source that I can order just 50 or 100 at a time that doesn't charge a crazy price for that small a quantity?