It is common for vendors to invoice us 2-4 weeks after work and then we issue payment in roughly 2 weeks turnaround so most of our bills don't process through to owner statements for 30-60 days.

**NEVER PAY A SUB 50% upfront**1st Always have a proposal from the esteemed subcontractor it vendor, with their information - qualify the sub no matter how big or small the job is:• look up their State License on your state license board - make sure it’s active, not suspended • Let them send in their insurance information with your property as the additionally insured • keep track of any Preliminary notices that they may send to you 2nd Come to a written agreement/contract of a payment schedule* - with less 5% retention on each invoice until close of project scope A timing schedule is also really good to have in your contract that way they are not just prolonging the job.

Too dang much trouble to change to something else though. 

I paid the invoice with my credit card.To make sure I was getting quoted a decent deal 2 other companies come out the next day. 

I asked to see invoices and he refused.

Dang, that would have been a blast!

I made sure each had some sort of property software that documented everything for me (checks, invoices, etc).

Any software recommendations to keep track of invoices, rent receipts, financial statements, etc.?