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July 25, 2004

Was just going over some materials receipts. State tax charged at neighborhood Lowes at 7%. Example: A  $44.86 charge with tax of $3.15 totals $48.01. The $44.86 subtotal times the…

July 25, 2004

Story #1 -Wife and I went in to a Ford dealership about 5 years ago - wife was buying a car for herself with her own money. We sat down…

July 24, 2004

Looking at a job on a nice older home, the kind I like to dig into. This one's been converted into a restaurant on the first floor and an apartment…

July 24, 2004

I don't know if this can be kept simple but what kind of polices have you all established when it comes to negotiating price on a job? I know that…

July 24, 2004

A potential client (self employed) asked if he could 1099 me for a portion of a project we are planning...........yeah, like half?? That takes it way over my labor portion of…

July 24, 2004

Being a direct personality I have the god given knack for stuffing my size 12 squarely in my mouth on a regular basis.  Recently we had done some radio advertising. …

July 23, 2004

  I've had a tough time this past year retaining/finding a brickmason. Initially, I contracted a guy to pour the foundation and lay block for a two-story addition. He did…

July 21, 2004

Been doing some residential carpentry work for the last 6 years...seem to get more calls over the last year...mainly references from prev. customers. Got a call from a HO in…

July 20, 2004

I need a little advice from the experts. I am meeting an architect today to talk about me taking a job as a project manager on a new ICF house.…

July 19, 2004

My wife the designer, working with the client, picked a  new interior color for their home.  As I am the painter, she wrote up a contract for the painting.  They…