These present the greatest repair problems because getting to the water and drain lines under the slab is labor intensive ($$$) and sometimes you have to tear up things to make the repairs.The "static test" being discussed is shorthand for a hydrostatic test of the water lines and the drain lines.

Anyone have any advice on where to get day laborers?  

Add in a PM to be there while it's happening and you have 2 hours of labor that you're either paying for directly or indirectly.

Anything above 10% having to pay food and labor costs they can be in trouble.I would not give them blocked rent.

It's a labor of love to fix up these older buildings in historic districts.  

A contractor is an entity that organizes and subcontracts labor and equipment in order to complete your work order.

@Dan Bryskin was that 120k cost at your cost as a GC for labor and materials or retail cost to you as an investor ?

There has been plenty of threads on this and it all comes down to how you value labor.

I act as my own GC and do all the ordering and purchasing myself so that I only need to pay for labor.

I can do a brake job in under an hour if I am hustling and make 200 dollars of profit there - so I would rather do a brake job and only spend an hour of my time to get the money needed to pay for the insulation labor.