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That is great. It seems like a lot of work. I have often wondered how hard it would be to find an honest, reliable contractor if I were to get a property in a distant city.

I would be happy to outsource all that work to you, and I hope you succeed so I can hire you. But how would you guys find one?

In other words, the issue with finding someone long distance is that you can't check them out in person, or see their work etc.

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We have existing contractor networks in most of the cities we service. Whenever we enter a new area we often have to source on-demand. We vet people based on social media reviews and ensuring their licensing etc meets the local requirements.

When we send someone out from our network we are implicitly standing behind their work. The good new for us is you can tell a lot by a person's phone demeanor and business professionalism. If someone is rude or curt over the phone with us they certainly won't be polite with tenants.

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