Hi Account Closed - fair points.  

thanks@Christopher Phillips it’s a smaller hard money portfolio lender so they actually got back to us fairly quickly and seem to have a pretty good grasp on the actual properties.

I am fortunate enough to be making fairly good money for a person my age and my goal is to have enough money and knowledge by the time I turn 18 to have a down payment on my first property and have it paid off as soon as possible.

I've been a general contractor for 23 years and have faced my fair share of issues (as every single GC I know does).

First, it has fairly low entry cost for my first property (relatively speaking).

There was also a fair amount of tinkering with the boiler systems to get them filling properly which resulted in a lot of trip charges. 

It is fair to give your contractor the cost for the material up front however, do not pay him the labor costs until he is finished.  

But, if there's enough equity here and the amount you need is fairly small then you might find someone to do it.Credit cards?

I'm obviously biased but I feel like having the attorney handle title clearance ensures someone is looking at the transaction from the view point of protecting the parties instead of getting the closing done. 

I'm looking for recommendations for an honest, fairly-priced, and communicative general contractor for handling a few significant repairs.