There are physical companies in each state, that you can hire to do pre-purchase inspections, usually done for a fee by general contractors, from the foundation, to the roof.

Texas is a big state but up here in Dallas a lot of investor networking groups have contractors at them and they can usually tell you to use X figures for X. 

I plan to have my contractor provide quotes on both.So, all that said. 

Even if they do 100% financing, you will need to take draws out to pay your contractor / subs and they will not care about you telling them to wait for the money from your bank.

I am looking to build a network of local contractors and property managers in Columbus area. so far the properties have not generated any cash flow as i had spent rehabbing them.

Hi everyone!I need a GC to look at a property with my real estate agent in Woodlawn.  I haven't had a chance to make it back to Chicago so was hoping people had recommendations of who they've used for walkthroughs.Tha...

They are all in stable neighborhoods composed of primary owner/occupiers in markets with strong 30 year population + job growth forecasts.Sources of risk come from a variety of sources, starting with (1) the market, (2) the property and location, (3) price you pay, (4) management strategy, (5) rental rate you set, (6) rehab budget, (7) service provided to your tenants and how strict you are with them, (8) your ability to attract and retain high quality brokers, leasing agents, inspectors, handyman/contractors/agents, etc, etc., (9) level of investment experience you have, (10) familiarity of the market, etc.As an investor, one of my primary responsibilities is risk management... my ability to fully understand all of the risks that I am taking and put processes/structures in place to minimize or control these risks.And if you are a successful risk manager, i have found that in REI you are able to mitigate the downside and generate returns that ARE NOT commensurate with the risks you are taking and do so by providing a triple win to your investors, your tenants, and yourself!

It depends on how busy they are and what you're asking for them to do.On a related note, contractors are usually charging to give estimates now due to how busy they are.

We are looking at properties in the Norfolk area and are looking for some recommendations of contractors in the area.

UGH, yesterday my jobsite got broken into, they took my a lot of my materials and my contractor tools.