Glendale, CA · Member since 2016 · 45 posts · 14 votes
Hello fellow Bigger Pockets people!
Can any of you recommend a good GC in the Los Angeles area? I'm a wholesaler who frequently works with newbie rehabbers. Sometimes they have a GC already and sometimes they don't. I'd love to be able to recommend them to "my guy" (or gal) as a GC. I could potentially be referring dozens of jobs a year as many of my cash buyers are first-time or relatively new fix and flippers. Here's what I'm really looking for:
1. Good reputation
2. Quality Work
3. Accessible (texts back/calls back pretty quickly)
4. LA Local-knows the areas fairly well
5. Able to make a rehab estimate on the spot
6. Willing to meet at the potential job site during the contract negotiation process to do a rehab estimate with the guarantee that if we get the deal, they'll get the job.
Contractor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
10y
Newbies are normally told 3 quotes a job, which one contractor will get it? Newbie flippers are the hardest to work with, prices are normally higher because they tend to change their mind too many times and looks for perfect quality yet won't pay for it. A change of mine normally costs a day, but if it you have 3-5 guys working, that adds up.
Contractor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
10y
Newbies are normally told 3 quotes a job, which one contractor will get it? Newbie flippers are the hardest to work with, prices are normally higher because they tend to change their mind too many times and looks for perfect quality yet won't pay for it. A change of mine normally costs a day, but if it you have 3-5 guys working, that adds up.
Glendale, CA · Member since 2016 · 45 posts · 14 votes
10y
@Manolo D. Thanks for the input. Much appreciated.
I guess one other quality I'm looking for in a good GC is that they don't mind working with newbie investors as they build up their investing chops. You gotta start somewhere right?
Contractor · Los Angeles, CA · Member since 2015 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
10y
@Fred Joaquin That is true, if you and your selected contractor will guide a newbie, that would potentially be a workout. The issue is, they need to be ready for the contractor, that means, they need to learn how to scope, put up some drawings and not only verbal imagination of what they want. When I do a bid walk, and the potential client does not know what they want, I usually end up on the high end because of a couple of reasons, i need to cover all that they don't know, all that they might demand and don't want to pay for it, anticipate the extra days i have to pay employees because the client cant keep up his end, or simply not feeling the fit. Right now there are more jobs than workers, and contractors are cherry picking an easy in and out job at a good price. Saying continuous work to a contractor is not appealing anymore. You might want to think how you could solve #5 and #6 specially with newbie contractors.
Glendale, CA · Member since 2016 · 45 posts · 14 votes
10y
@Manolo D. That's great advice. Can we get on the phone sometime and chat? I'd like to pick your brain and just ask a few more questions if you don't mind. PM and colleague add me if that's okay. Thanks again, I really appreciate you taking the time to elaborate.