Lesson learned the hard way, any stories you’d like to share?

[Cory Lucas]

Well bummer, lesson learned on my first BRRRR property in a somewhat hard way.

Long story short, I had to get some tree issues taken care of at the property and I only called one person as the next-door neighbor absolutely raved about them and said she had received seven bids for a tree on her property and he was the best one! Well, my experience with him wasn’t quite the same. I called him one time, the rest of the conversation was through text messaging, he was slow to respond at some points, and never even came out and looked at the job. Quoted me a price over the phone and then the job was not quite done to what I thought was going to be done. Essentially I should’ve forced him to come out and speak with me in person, because now I feel like I’ve paid way more than for what was done. I feel I only overpaid by maybe $400 to $500, but still. So without getting into a ton of detail, going forward unless it’s something I can absolutely be sure of that does not need to be done in person, I will make sure to get someone to the job site so we can speak about things in person.

What lesson learned experiences do you all have that you would like to share that would definitely be helpful for someone more or less starting out? Thanks in advance