How to not burn out contractors

[Trevor Asay]

I have some experience in construction, but it’s been ten years. I often need to know the costs of major renovations but I don’t want to always be getting bids and not giving the work to contractors if/when I need to exit a deal on contingency. Sometimes the work is more extensive than I’m able to take on or there’s too many unknowns. How do you get these numbers without irritating these guys that are already pretty busy? Thanks