I hate contractors that think they are ****ing slick..

[...Whitepower...]

If I ask you for a quote. Give me a fu(king quote.

Don't try to be all slick and look up what the house is listed for and what it can go for after the fact and send me a text or email telling me about my return in percentages. GIVE ME A FU(KING NUMBER SH!THEAD!!!

My return is none of your concern.

Have a nice life dickwad because all you are getting is a thank you for your time text for your efforts.:cuss:

[DAB]

He wanted to give you a quote just below the pain point, to maximize his return.

[...Whitepower...]

He wanted to give you a quote just below the pain point, to maximize his return.

Turn off. I won't even give him a second chance..

Next.

[markids77]

You are already the GC... why change what works and expose yourself to all the pain and loss that comes with trying to disassociate yourself from your projects (and money)??? If you are getting too busy to personally oversee each deal I submit you are trying to do too many projects at once... with predictable result. No one else will treat your dollars and properties like YOU will. No disrespect intended, just friendly advice.

[mrvette]

Depends on what you GOT, and where you want to GO.....

your call......

dun remodeled most typical middle class homes....

you talking a Rockyfeller mansion, that is another matter....


:lol:

[...Whitepower...]

No one else will treat your dollars and properties like YOU will..

Exactly why I got the truck.. Trying to take on more of this on my own to eliminate the GC fees.

[mrvette]

Exactly why I got the truck.. Trying to take on more of this on my own to eliminate the GC fees.

Talk to me next spring....when your broken/late lamented ASS in in a sling....


:issues::issues::rofl:

[markids77]

Make a list of subs you have been happy to pay in the past and use them. This ain't your first project by any stretch. Cutting out the middleman should be a comfortable transition by now?

[...Whitepower...]

Make a list of subs you have been happy to pay in the past and use them. This ain't your first project by any stretch. Cutting out the middleman should be a comfortable transition by now?

Yup.. It's just time consuming when I work full time as well.

It's like i'm waiting for the day that my boss pisses me off enough for me to tell him to get f@cked so I can go all in on this thing.. :yesnod:

Just gotta convince the wife. :leaving:

[syf350]

Make a list of subs you have been happy to pay in the past and use them. This ain't your first project by any stretch. Cutting out the middleman should be a comfortable transition by now?

But if the middleman is handling the shit, I would keep paying him. Why fix what ain't broke.

[Blademaker]

Yup.. It's just time consuming when I work full time as well.

It's like i'm waiting for the day that my boss pisses me off enough for me to tell him to get f@cked so I can go all in on this thing.. :yesnod:

Just gotta convince the wife. :leaving:

Let me know how that works out..........lol.........

I went through the same thing with a contractor.
Told him to go fuk hisself.......

[...Whitepower...]

But if the middleman is handling the shit, I would keep paying him. Why fix what ain't broke.

Middle man is doing very well and has gained some large commercial accounts. After working with him for years I am genuinely happy for him. He's a good guy and his busininess has made it to that next level.. Mine has not though and that's my focus.

Because he has grown he has more overhead for staff, insurance, expenses, etc. His prices have gone up a good 50-60% in the last couple years to cover that. Where he used to rent a storage unit or two and drive a beat up tundra, now he has a warehouse and several trucks for his old subs he's hired on full time.

Something has to give.

[syf350]

Middle man is doing very well and has gained some large commercial accounts. After working with him for years I am genuinely happy for him. He's a good guy and his busininess has made it to that next level.. Mine has not though and that's my focus.

Because he has grown he has more overhead for staff, insurance, expenses, etc. His prices have gone up a good 50-60% in the last couple years to cover that. Where he used to rent a storage unit or two and drive a beat up tundra, now he has a warehouse and several trucks for his old subs he's hired on full time.

Something has to give.

I hear ya. My 2 cents. Until you're ready to tell the boss to go FH, I would find another GC. You don't want the headaches. And who knows, you might just be helping out another small, local guy make it.

[Sea Six]

I made the "I can no longer afford to work for you" speech to my boss back seventeen years ago. I was 29 years old.

Felt really good, too.