Contractors Favorite Question - Can You Bring a Check?
The never ending battle between contractor and real estate investor continues. No matter how many times you seem to use a contractor there will almost always be a time when the contractor wants to be paid and the investor is not satisfied. Well..that’s the nice way of putting it. More than likely, it’s that the contractor wants money before he/she finishes the job.
I will never understand why it’s so hard to find a tradesman that just wants to do the job the way it was agreed upon and THEN ask for the check.
Yes, Yes I know… there are those investors that don’t pay on time (if ever), and the contractor has to look out for himself… Really? So asking for money early somehow protects him against being ripped off? I’m guessing asking to be paid prior to finishing, won’t help very much. What are we to think is the real reason they want to be paid early? Here is a “short” list of reasons:
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