One of my contractors.

I just submitted plans to the city and now I'm looking for contractors/vendors. 

Is that still the case that only W9s need to be collected from contractors that you paid with cash/checks?

They’re often well-connected to contractors and property managers who know the drill for moderate rehabs in that area.

Even if the property owner LLC is named as a co-defendant for construction related liability if you implement the steps I mentioned in my earlier post,  in most instances construction related liability can be deflected to Builder or responsible sub contractors. 

I would suggest building your CORE 4 which consists of a great realtor, contractor, property manager, and attorney after you choose where to invest in.

They are vertically integrated management and have their own construction warehouse and contractors.

Focus on building a network of contractors for repairs, set clear boundaries for house hacking, and take advantage of tax benefits.

Architecture did a design and well respected contractor estimated the buildout of 4 plex would be an additional ~800k for total project cost of ~1M. it would be ~1.2M for the 7 plex.  

Foundations are tricky because there are usually multiple ways to address something and foundation contractors like to scare people into spending the most possible.