Found a great GC, managed everything by text and email pretty much, COVID delayed the completion of the rehab for a number of weeks and a horrible plumber I had hired had to be fired and someone else brought in to fix his work.

. :)The fee is new to me too, but the way I see it is if my offer is acceptable I'd follow though unless there is something horribly wrong.

My inspector did a horrible job and it was a struggle for me to get the place up and running as soon as I wanted to with surprises popping up and having to search for contractors to get work done.

(Yes I know there are other restrictions/conditions.)In the past, I have toyed with the idea of a vacation/rental property in Ocean City, MD, Rehoboth/Bethany/Dewy, DE, and/or the Deep Creek Lake, MD area (I like the idea of being within 3 hours of the rental property in case something goes horrible wrong and I need to travel to the property). 

The neighborhoods were awful, and the houses were in horrible conditions.

The last four years of her life were horrible.

None of it went horribly, but ONE THING FOCUS IS A SUPER POWER!

Unfortunately Calif is a horrible place to be a landlord. 

The horrible part is; you can pay your attorney $30,000, win a settlement of $50,000 and the court cannot force your contractor to pay you one penny.

Was a bad idea once interest rates got below 6% and a horrible deal now.