If the code is bad, I would make it maintainable.

Okay thanks.

You are creating it? How? What is the stack? What development tools are you using? What is the test case coverage? Is this 100% AI generated?

would web devs not work on it if it was not successful?

Correct, I would not work on it. What is the point if it is not successful.

the CRM did not have good code even though it works and follows best practices? 

Bad architecture can follow best practices and have bad code. Through away prototypes, major refactoring, legacy old project, and or starting from scratch is what I read.

Do you mean use it or fix it for you?

If it's working code just needing some refactoring, why wouldn't they.

No what I mean is I know my code won't be that bad and if I put effort into it and build a REI CRM then if I start to hire web developers to join my team, my question is will a web developer see my REI CRM code and say this does not seem like good code I think I will pass. Or will some web developers I think the word is "refactor" and like if they think for example, "You failed to add a http status code like 200" or "You did not add a API resource", or "You have used way to many if statements and can be easier maintained like this:

if('votes' == 100){
}

if('age' > 35){
}
etc...

and the web developer says this can be done easily with Eloquent ORM like this

$user->posts()->where('votes', '=', 100)->where('age', '>' , 35)->get();

or the web developer wants to add something I have never hear of before (which would be a good thing) like "middleware", which I do know what it is but it's just an example.

So would a web developer try to refactor this and modify it since the REI CRM has already active users and is generating some revenue? Or will the dev just look at the code and say "I'll pass".

And no I don't mean hiring a web developer to use the REI CRM. I mean if he can work with me to improve the REI CRM, or even if I can get team of 2-3 they can improve the REI CRM, not me.

Okay

So if the code is bad, then you would not work on it?

Like improve the code.

So web developers will do this, is this apart of web development?

I want to create a Real Estate Investment CRM. I just wonder if I created a REI CRM and it started getting a good amount of users and the users are using the CRM but needed to be maintained. Will web developers not work on this because the codebase was not what they expected and think the CRM did not have good code even though it works and follows best practices? Even if the CRM was generating some revenue. Or will the web developers see that the CRM needs work and improve it.