I keep a small crew of highly trustworthy and skilled engineers all of whom I’ve known for 10+ years.I’ve had great success in working as a contractor for property managers in Chicago, and have recently obtaining my real estate license in Illinois.

I am a fast learner, really organized, and have good people skills.

There's brokers that will take you just to add people to their roster but you will not be able to able to learn the skills to be able to make you good at your job and be educated on the market.

Rehab is not my forte either, but I have some skills in underwriting and some access to capital, so that is where I position myself in a team. 

I'm analyzing the deals they are sending my way using a few tools i've found, trying to hone my skills.

Learn to use the skills others have perfected to meet you goals.

Does he have a skill like lawyer or barber that you can barter for?

Do you have multiple Sub Contractors, for similar trade skills, such as plumbers, electricians, flooring crews, painters, etc.?

It’s a numbers game really.

In one case my tenants took off on a climbing road trip for a week and I scheduled the work around their trip, another time I had a young but highly skilled carpenter tenant who helped with the project (which I normally wouldn't do but I knew he was a good carpenter and a reliable guy so it worked great).