where do I find general contractors and why do I NEED one Honestly , there ' s no real nice way to say this , but if you ' re asking that question then you should NOT be trying to flip homes . General contractors are people that fix homes , they are basically exactly what the name says , they are contractors people that buildrepair homes and they are general in that they do a bit of everything . Lots of general contractors are able to buy broken homes , fix them , and sell them off . Do you need a general contractor ? Unless you fix homes yourself , most often yes . When you sell a home it will be inspected , the chances are that something will be wrong with the home and it ' ll need to be fixed before sale . If you try to flip homes and you don ' t know or have a way to fix problems up to code , you WILL lose your ass . Why ? Well you ' re going to buy a home that has problems , not be able to fix it , and be left with a really big paperweight on a chunk of land . The guy you ' re talking to , he ' s clearly new if he thinks you ' re flipping in 90 days and will have 45 on at once . To meet 90 days , you realistically would have a month , two absolute max , to do the entire flip because of the escrow process . You ' re not buying a home , repairing it , getting the inspections done , putting it up for sale , and finding a new buyer in two months . Shoot just getting the inspector to actually do the inspection could take weeks .