Any tips for finding a contractor as a Real Estate business partner for Fix and Flips? 

Thanks for the tip!

Any tips or advice on this next adventure?

Since budget is tight, my partner feels that it's better to leave it as is and let the buyer take care of it.

I am ready and willing to receive advise, pointers, tips, admonishments of any variety, and happy to help in whatever way I can with anyone kind enough to offer up their knowledge.  

Its a great place for cash flow and depending on your investment strategy there is a very wide range of types of investments.I have been working on the investment side of real estate for several years now and know the city very well when it comes to buy and holds.I own a few myself and have and have wholesaled and worked with a ton of buy and hold investors.You need to be careful of what you are really buy in SA though as what you are experiencing in Austin is happening here as well but mainly on in low-end properties.

It's not paying your bills or providing your with gas money (your cash flow does that...more on that in a second)...so if you have a use for that equity, meaning you can leverage it to gain MORE investment properties, then who cares what the fees are?  

Mine's over 800 and I couldn't care less.I agree the requirements to get a fannie loan are complete crap.  

If anyone has tips on taking on these markets or has anyone in mind that would be willing to talk and just educate a young guy that's just getting started, PM me!

I did have to have the contractor pull a permit and they took care of the plumbing and the gas connection and had to install a detector (smoke?