Minimizing Turnover With Contractors

[Sterling White]

Most of the experienced and also newbies are well aware that getting a great contractor on your team is crucial. 

I would like to hear from others how do you go about finding the diamond in the rough and then keeping them around? 

[Account Closed]

Check with the store/sales manager at the local professional supply house/yard.

Check with the local remodelers/home builders association.

Check with the building inspectors - they may not be able to give you a recommendation, but a properly phrased question may elicit a reply (e.g., which electricians seem to pass their inspections the first time, most of the time?)

Ask a trim carpenter or a drywall hanger for a frame carpenter's recommendation; ask a painter for a drywaller recommendation; ask a frame contractor for foundation installer's recommendation... in short, ask the trade who follows for recommendations for the trade they followed.