I know many millionaires which these days does not take a much.. and while I don't know any that I would call Mr. or Mrs Frugal but not all of them spend like crazy.. one partner of mine had 10 million in personal homes 2  and a Ferrari in each one.. his wife though bought costume jewelry and on short flights never went first class.. but then again she would never get on the company jet.. too small and afraid of flying basically..  

Companies like Apple and amazon are filthy rich because they have a ridiculous amount of costumers wanting their product.

I hope I do not have to wear costume and rolex to meet you guys :)

Your transportation to the gigs, expenses, i.e. do you pay for your own costumes, etc. 

I will either give you SKUs or better yet when writing your proposal if you aren't given that initially give your own list of those with a "Or others of similar type and quality at costumers request" so if they like what you picked they sign off or know what you budgeted if they don't, so they either pick similar or know they will have to pay more if they want higher end.After a couple of jobs with the same guy hopefully the investor will be "Use the same stuff we did at 123 Main for the fixtures but do the counters from 321 Center" so you cut down on time hashing that out.I do agree with others that INITIALLY giving good references, letting me walk a current job site, and seeing a portfolio of work as well as being able to provide copies of the license insurance and other pertinent info will show professionalism.

I worked in Strawberry Mansion (I'm a teacher when I take off my real estate hero costume), and when I was there a few months ago, I was astounded at the evolution of the place.  

The only way to make sure it is done correctly, I had to wipe it all clean and do it myself.Their amazing costumer support (called "Jake") and the site speed with my SEO strategies.. can not be beat!!

SalesForce has a great CRMWe have many Real Estate costumers in our Apps

My sister in law is a costumer for movies and gets sent all over the world on the studios dime; gets paid with no expenses what so ever.

Costumes but no content.