How to destroy a reputation

[David Zheng]

This is an angry post. More for venting than for anything else.

But how do you deal with horrible contractors, inspectors, and city officials. I mean these guys have messed up my rehabs and cost me thousands and weeks of lost time.

I want to just tell them to leave and not pay them. I want to just flame them all over social media and reviews. I want to sue them.

BUT. I also don't want these lowlifes who know where my properties are to come in and vandalize anything or steal stuff, or break exterior windows and walls. Cause lets be honest, a lot of people these days will do horrible things to you or your stuff if you piss them off.

Do you guys just take the hit, suck up your losses, and let them off easy where they can potentially rip off other people?

Or do you fight with them and take the risk something bad happens to your place.

Rant over...kind of

[JD Martin]

You factor in some of the lost time and money as part of the project. 

I've been a professional musician for 30 years. There's a saying in the live musician community - "I play music for free; I get paid for the ********". That's also true in REI. If this were easy, and everyone was clean as apple pie, everyone would be doing it, and no one would be making any money. You get paid for the ******** (assuming you structured your deal properly).