I had one carpenter working inside, the roofers doing their thing, and a couple painters working their magic outside.

However, their agent says that now they have a roofer that will do the work and will wait to get paid on closing with the funds from the sale.

This time, now that I have a team in place of plumbers, roofers, a good realtor, several handymen, etc, I feel confident enough to make the purchase site-unseen as we'll not be home until the summer.