| When I say don't ever hire your friends, I would like to | | | | problems, but in the back of your mind you're still |
| clarify something first. If you enjoy your friendship with | | | | wondering why your best friend's son tried to gouge |
| these individuals, you might not ever want to hire them. | | | | you. If you're the kind of person who lets every small |
| You could find yourself with more problems than you | | | | thing bothered them, make sure that you never even |
| ever imagined. | | | | think about hiring one of your friends, but if you're the |
| I have known too many people who hired their friends | | | | kind of person who understands that one contractor |
| for some type of home repair or even worse than | | | | charges more money than another contractor, you |
| that, a home remodeling project, only to find out that | | | | could probably work with one of your friends. |
| their friendship wasn't tough enough to make it through | | | | If I was going to give anyone any advice, who was |
| the nightmare. | | | | seriously thinking about hiring one of their friends, it |
| Just imagine this for a moment, you hire your best | | | | would simply be too, treat them like professionals and |
| friends son to do some plumbing work on your home, | | | | pretend like they're not your friends, while they're |
| because they're licensed plumbers and have been in | | | | working on your home. I don't want you to ignore |
| the plumbing business for over 20 years. You know | | | | these people or mistreat them, just treat them like any |
| these people personally and have heard nothing but | | | | other home repair contractor. |
| great things about them, so why wouldn't you want to | | | | The worst thing that you could do is to tell your friends |
| hire them. | | | | how much money you paid them, over and over again, |
| Just bear with me for a moment, the plumbing | | | | until they're sick and tired of even coming over to your |
| contractor who is your best friends son, has just given | | | | home. I once knew a guy who went out and bought a |
| you a $14,000 estimate to re-pipe your home. You | | | | brand-new boat after working on one of the |
| can't believe your eyes, your neighbor just got their | | | | apartment complexes that I was remodeling. A couple |
| entire house re-piped for $4500. You tell your best | | | | of the project managers kept referring to his boat as |
| friends son that you're not interested in using him and | | | | their boat, because they sincerely believe that they |
| that there are no hard feelings, but the reality is you | | | | overpaid him to install some roof drains. |
| can't believe what just happened. | | | | Sometimes it's better to keep your friendship separate |
| You hire the other contractor and there aren't any | | | | from business. |