If you simply want to choose other investment or passive income approaches, then P2P lending, dividend stocks/mutual funds, carefully selected growth stocks, etc can provide that.  

Let me know if you would like a simple risk management brief and we can certainly come up with a plan, but a good way to do it is to use reputable licensed contractors and you will rarely have a problem.  

They ultimately choose them because of pricing and it has now cost them at least 1.5-2 times the normal contractor pricing and the deadlines are usually set back because of it.When you are part of our client base, if you choose us to complete your flip, you can rest assured your project would be completed by true professionals, on time, on budget and most importantly with the highest quality of craftsmanship possible. 

She says he's one of the only reputable and affordable contractors she can find due to other contractors' lack of follow through, availability to do estimates and lack of quality work in the past.

How do I go about finding a reputable PM should I decide to hire someone else who truly has my best interests?

@Charles MooreYes it is realistic to identify and secure 4-5 properties in that 45 day period, also you choose a great city to possibly invest in and a solid well known company as well.

It might be good to have a reputation with agents as a closer who has funds and will buy anything though. 

I'd say definitely go work for a large (and reputable) PM company.

List it with a reputable broker.

Who chooses the contractor?