In the end, all of this was time consuming and we ended up taking the house to the wire – even with a 15 day extension.  

If you are worried they may leave ask them to sign a 2 year extension and you'll put in the door.

I'm looking a a home  for a flip which needs fairly extensive work but it looks to be manageable.The house was listed as built on a slab but when I looked it turns out there is a crawl space and a cinder block foundation -house was built around 1955. 

This is a great extension of what you already do - Great choice.  

On extensive remodels we have come in way under that number.  

I have been doing extensive networking, and am very excited to meet so many intelligent and interesting people.  

I would much prefer someone locally but in my extensive search, I did not find anyone that could offer what I was looking for.

Looking at it, it needs pretty extensive rehab, but don't know if the AC, furnace, electrical wiring, plumbing, roof, breaker box, etc. need repairs or replacement.

The longer it takes the more extension risk enters the picture from rates moving up.  

I work extensively with both local and out of state investors in the Concord/Manchester market.