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@Kelly R. we have evening hours, so they come to work when their husbands get home to take care of the kids.  or one only works after she drops off the kids for school then gets them off the bus in the afternoon.  its part time work and make it flexible enough for them. 

@Ceril S. that's a great idea I have not thought about.  Hopefully someone in the forum can share their experience with this if they have worked with vocational schools to hire some of their labor to complement their current staffing.  I'm going to call the local vocational schools in Cleveland to see if this is a possibility.  

@Mike F. good points, I can see where the confusion was.  If I could change it would read "what is your experience hiring unskilled labor, and developing them with your current professionals to eventually work as your in-house construction company to grow your house flipping business" 

@Greg Behan no offense taken.  thanks for responding to the post.  I posted to get feedback and learn from others on this forum.  I think I need to describe this a little more. We have a professional in house project manager and a professional carpenter and other in house former contractors that have worked with us for years to flip these two properties.  They also work on the company's property portfolio.  We teach, inspect, and make sure the product on the other end meets ours as well as professionals standards.  I'm sure were not always perfect or meet the standards 100% of the time but we strive to get better everyday.  the unskilled labor only works on things we have taught and qualified them for.  This takes time but we have been lucky that these laborers have worked out for us and we still are hitting our goals.  We are hitting our bottom line and maybe sacrificing some profit for this experiment, and in my opinion, are doing it in a professional and responsible way.