Another item to consider: if your contractor can't afford gas to come do a bid, he may lack liquidity and cash to perform his services without coming to you with his hand out. 

Account Closed This reminds me of principles from the E-Myth.

We would like to claim our labor on the last two houses completed in 2014; 1830 E. 7th Street and 815 N. 12th Street.

We run through it with the tractor and of course have to clean it before putting it away til the following weekend and luckily we spotted a tie out before running over it and possibly causing damage to the tractor.I want to at minimum send an e-mail addressing the subject...would prefer to just have a face to face (see them often).

I inquired about their software a while back and they e-mail me and call me all the time, even though I have told them numerous times that I am not interested.

Originally posted by @Jay Hinrichs:@Minh L. if Alibaba opens up in Silicon valley  all bets are off :)Actually, I believe Alibaba sucked a lot of liquidity out of the market. 

(Listed, expired, then listed again, then extended, then extended again).

Send me an e-mail.

It wasn't my ideal scenario because it was the majority of liquid capital I had but I strongly felt it was worth it since I currently have a pretty good monthly positive cashflow and should be able to build up my own personal liquid capital pretty quickly.Now comes my question - I'm looking into buying more properties, either to rent or flip.  

Once his contract expires (assuming he doesn't get price down in time) I'll contact seller directly.