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re: General Contracting your Home Build
Posted on 2/14/12 at 2:02 pm to ashy larry
Posted on 2/14/12 at 2:02 pm to ashy larry
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to the OP.... The only leverage you have is money. Don't pay for something that isn't correct. And MOST importantly, don't give anyone an advance. I can't count how many times I've seen people do this and they get screwed. If the sub can't manage his money to get thru the job, then you don't want him on your site. If the sub needs money to "buy materials", don't give it to him. Go pay the material bill yourself.
Now that is true, we ran into that when we started. After almost getting burned, we figured out how to manage the subs. Get prices for everything, get numerous bids, get references, go look at their work.
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Posted on 2/14/12 at 2:10 pm to XxxSpooky1
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Get prices for everything, get numerous bids, get references, go look at their work.
After you did this for every single sub you would have wasted enough time to more than make up for the Builder's Fee.
Like I mentioned earlier, unless you have A LOT of free time and/or relationships with subs somehow already, it's going to take you a ton of time to do a half way decent job.
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