If you ask plumbers, electricians and carpenter types, you'll likely get some names.Call the handyman ads too, the do work for them as well and some of them might buy as well.Look in the MLS for listed properties, if Joe Shmuck was listed as an owner on sold properties and there were several sales, he probably flips.Ask Realtors, may sound silly but it's how you ask.

When leasing season comes around, our leasing agents inform the prospective tenants what we expect and we have a reputation for that.

Today it was a plumber.

Just wondering how that could be enforced, and what your thoughts are for how to best structure the contract to protect the seller (and your reputation.)Again, thanks for much for your input and insight.

I got a bid from a plumber for 2,800. includes about 100' of line, punching out through the foundation, hooking up the main under the house and hooking on to the sewer line!

To add to Vikram's response: if your getting title insurance, then you should be fine all around, as down the road if anything comes up, the insurance will take care of it.Of course, I have never heard of such an instance where a claim was made on the title insurance; And we all know how fun making an insurance claim can be.To that end, I would make sure your getting title insurance through a reputable firm

I pay my plumber $14 per hour and my 2 "handymen" $8 and believe me, work being as scarce as it is they are more than happy to work at that rate.This is my strategy and it seems to work but to each his own.Good Luck, Matt

When a paid property manager gets a "leak", he's going to call a plumber or a handyman.

These houses can barely last 6 months without needing a plumber to clean the pipes.)

Have a reputable contractor do an inspection and give you an estimate for the repairs