A mentor or partner can help with the experience level of investing.Investors build a team such as agents, managers, contractors, financial bankers, and such to use the education, skills and resources of other professionals.Real estate investment is a process and there are many options.

Check references before you hire a contractor.

I have a HVAC contractor, a plumber and a roofer I routinely use.

One of the contractors who was in to give an estimate mentioned my bed and bathroom doors--standard hollow core doors--and said originally they were ugraded solid panel doors for that house.

Seller Financing: It's OK that the seller doesn't own the home out right.You would be buying the property on a "Land Contract" or an "Agreement for Deed" Your attorney or title company can tell you which is best for you.

I can almost guarentee that some of the sub-contractors have not been paid.

I am about to take a contractor job overseas but I am thriving to purchase some properties that I can hold on to for a little while.

What sort of role does the contractor play in this?

You should be careful going into a rental without legal notice to the tenant--even with abandonment-real or suspected-you have to post notice (in our state )--and its not really an emergency-fire, flood, etc. so you could go in w/o notice( usually)--send a certified letter-include the lease renewal- and see if you get a response.

Of the ones I do have priced 80% are under contract or sold.