Vacancy rates are virtually nill, due to the high demand.

Feel free and PM me if you'd like, as I own a virtual bookkeeping firm that works with real estate investors.

Seems like a problem waiting to be solved, but I'm not sure what angle to take, especially since I can't communicate with him.

Very happy to find this website and hope to meet everyone in my local area personally as well as any members in BP virtually as well.

I would communicate with him openly before moving on though. 

And you have to have time to communicate with them or maybe it's just not the right time for you to do this...

Jeffrey Stasz Pros: Free for teams of up to 15 people, Collaboration Tool Cons: Not designed for real estate Basecamp - “It is a good communication tool for everyone that is involved in the project.

Jeffrey Stasz Pros: Free for teams of up to 15 people, Collaboration Tool Cons: Not designed for real estate Basecamp - “It is a good communication tool for everyone that is involved in the project.

Virtually anyone who's fearless and comfortable with risk, with an extra bedroom or couch and a desire to make a couple extra dollars to offset their cost of living can be a part of the "business".  

Fixtures have a tendency to go missing on jobsites and it is virtually impossible to tell (even for the GC sometimes) if it was theft, accident, or what happened.In your position, I'd offer to split the cost of the replacement parts with the GC.