Great job attending a REIA meeting.

Both the mechanical and plumbing seem to have less left on the contract than what would be required to finish the work (for instance the HVAC guy has done everything but put in the new package unit outside which is about a 5k job, but only 3.5k is left on the contract) but I, nor the owner who has been very cooperative, have been able to get in touch with the electrician, and there is a good bit of work yet to do.When you say $ held in escrow post closing to cover leins, do you mean $ out of the seller's pocket/sales proceeds, or out of my pocket?

Single mom of two with a full time job and looking to do this on the side, with a possibility of full time in the future.

Is this a common practice or should I run like crazy.

meaning from our day jobs?

My goal is to generate cash flow outside my full-time job, specifically through buy and hold multi-family properties.

I always try to get three quotes for any job when hiring out something I don't already have someone for but getting three GC's through the property might not be feasible.

At this moment I have bad credit, 50k in a 401k and an oil field job in west TX.

i have decided to do some research into property management to see if how it works...my 9-5 job along with my family priorities keep me busy. 

My wife and I are expecting our first child in February and would love to have some cash flow outside of our daily jobs.