Not enough info here to tell.....Do you plan to finance this or pay cash? 

He has experience setting up syndications, but past that if you're planning to make moves in California getting started with him or anyone at Cox Castle plugs you into one of the hardest hitting real estate law firms in California with highly experienced lawyers in construction issues, contracts, financing, work outs, land use, multifamily/commercial purchase and sale etc. 

A mechanics lien also has a very short life cycle in most instances as many are filed but never make it to finish line.Title insurance is the best way to avoid title theft which you may hear about on the news but it is not this rampant thing going around.

You got to get a little vulnerable on here...What is the plan? 

I am not even going to ask you whether you were listed as additional insured under the contractors insurance policy.

The plans that are coming out are promising.

A cash out could very well be 50% to 70%, (or they may not do cash outs) depending on the lender so you'll need to ask and shop  around.Each property must be appraised and title insurance obtained on each, so you're not saving much in loan costs except they may close as one transaction, filing fees will be applied to  each property as well.

My plan is to fully rent out the house I have and house hack the next property while still investing in real estate through other avenues.

I've read quite a bit about the Raleigh Durham area RE market blowing up because of all the corporations that continue plans to move/grow there; the eye catching announcement a while ago being Apple with their 10 year plan of adding a few hundred more employees each year.

He actually just recently bought another duplex in the area that he said he plans to house hack for about a year too.