Don't give , just hammer down on that ring if you feel more comfortable being able to get their sooner.  

That’s not what we signed up for.None of the materials we received had a specific company name to be in charge of this.

That way, it at least feels like everything is in one place.

Rather I'd prefer to hold property and gain from it on a monthly basis.I know it's more complicated from that, which is why I want to learn.So basically, I'd like to know if you have any specific material for off-country investment, vacation property that may only work half the year (In Crete, I understand the island is not active during the winter), management, and biographies/success stories/mistake stories of such cases.I type as I think, so I might be all over the place, apologies for that.Thank you very much!

I feel anyone who does not have the common sense to leave their food or drinks, outside while touring a home will not have the common sense to take care of the home.

Feel free to ask more questions if you need.  

I would suspect that the cost of construction materials and labor are going to be going up rapidly in your market place.

I have saved about 8k but I still feel that this isn't nearly enough.

I mean at that point I'd really feel comfortable to retire.

Depends on the type of GC you're looking for.The guys picking up material early in the morning at HD/Lowes/Menards are unlikely to run a very tight ship or handle large scale jobs.