The truth of the matter is, there are many good, professional and hardworking contractors and some (sad to say) are not.

Book keeping, tax treatments etc are better handled by professionals and at least one consultation with these professionals can always help.

I'm a contractor and remodeling specialist and have recently been approached by a real estate professional to possibly team up on rehabbing.

First, I'm not a tax professional, but I've spoken with lots of them, and this is my take...If you're treating flips as capital gains, you're illegally evading taxes.

But I need to learn to manage my tenants before I can manage my manager.And I'll get there with qualified professionals...

Need help connecting with a good Title/Escrow professional in Atlanta, GA.

And always use a professional property management company to protect your cash-flow assets!

I came across this site as well as the podcasts last week and am very excited to start learning from all the professionals involved in this community!

I have been in the background most of the time - listening, learning and privately messaging some of you like @Curt S, Ali B, Sharon V, Brian G, Marco S, Brandon T --And I have been getting a lot of value from this community of friendly, helpful and wonderful professionals.

I use whitepages.com and I'm surprised by how accurate some of the search results are - it's still far from perfect but gets the job done for me around 70% of the time.I'm curious to hear from other BP investors about what they use -does anyone use LexusNexus or any other of the professional services?