Your Policy on Hiring Friends???

[Brandon Elliott-Pandey]

Though my years of hiring trades to work on my rental and friends/ family/ clients properties I have had it good and bad experiences. Property managers that over promise, work not fully completed to satisfaction, things not being installed correctly, etc. Again.... from professionals I haven't met and friends whom I know personally that run their own companies...

I am curious, what is your policy on hiring friends (whom own their own companies) to work on your properties? Do or Don't and why?

[Erica Calella]

My policy is to hire them for small projects, it's an easy and somewhat affordable way to tell if you really have a friend or not! If they are good at what they do, then that friendship can grow into a partnership.