Practice Ethical Contracting and Informed Consumer Choices

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The presenter concludes by offering advice for both contractors and consumers. Contractors, especially those just starting, are encouraged to be honest about their skill level. This allows them to gain experience on appropriate projects while clients receive a fair price for the work performed. For consumers, the key is thorough due diligence: always get multiple bids, ask specific questions about the project's design, materials, and potential challenges (like drainage or surcharge). Importantly, consumers should not only listen to the answers but also pay attention to what contractors don't say, or any unsolicited knowledge shared. A contractor willing to offer detailed explanations and demonstrate a deep understanding is likely qualified. He warns that if a price seems 'too good to be true,' there's usually a reason, and consumers should accept that a very cheap contractor might be learning on their job site.

Goal: Encourage transparency from contractors and diligence from consumers when undertaking construction projects.

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that to stop you but I do want you to understand that you need to represent that to the consumer there's going to be plenty of projects where you get to practice on you the consumer gets a break in price and you get to sharpen your skills it's an important way of starting out but there's job sites that you should plain and simply not be practicing on this was one of those cases there's a market for inexpensive contractors there's people that just plain and simply can't afford for the skills and qualifications of having somebody that knows what they're doing come out and do a project for them consumers the best thing you can possibly do is to ask questions if you do not know you're getting an inexperienced contractor apples to apples and oranges to oranges is the way to go get multiple bids and ask questions write down a list of questions that you think may be relevant and then ask each of the contractors and look for the answers and more importantly look for the answers that they offer you without you asking questions what does that mean if they're willing to share more knowledge give you more examples of ways to do things right that's a sure sign that you're getting someone that's qualified now if you're looking for the bottom dollar on a project you're going to get what you pay for and that's okay as long as you're willing to accept a contractor that may be learning on your job site site and when you hire a contractor to come out on your job site and if the price seems too good to be true there's probably a reason final wrap up contractors you may not have all the answers and that's okay just make sure you represent that to the consumer there's still a market for your services because there's people that just don't have the funds to hire a qualified skilled contractor and consumers when you were looking at hiring a contractor and you were worried about the person that you're thinking about hiring ask questions get multiple bids write down a list of things that you want to know and look for the answers in between the lines that's going to help you choose from a good skilled qualified contractor and someone that may not have all the qualifications can talk the talk but they don't walk the walk look for those answers in between the lines God bless go get [Music]

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