While my father began teaching me this principle when I was young, I first started to notice its payoffs and take his advice to heart after starting my handyman business in 2010.The construction industry is notoriously known for no-shows, overcharges, and project extensions.

My suggestion would be to not play games with tax authorities as you may find yourself in prison.

Seller's are notorious for labeling the vast majority of maintenance expenses that would normally be considered OpEx as CapEx in the year leading up to a sale.

Hi Thomas,Your chances of collecting from this downward spiral life person seems very remote.Unless the prison system allows you to lean his 2 cents a day wages for pressing licence plates.Just my 2 cents.

They are greasy and slippery and notoriously difficult to lock down with primer.

I got a cashier's check the next morning for $20K.Now, I did still give him negative reviews and I did report him to the California State Attorney.I think you could try something similar and point out that if you have to take him to court, he's going to end up paying attorney's fees for both him, you and a whole lot more... maybe even go to prison for embezzling.Finally, don't forget about the "time cost of money" and figure out what it's worth to you to get most of your money back quickly.

County tax assessments are notoriously inaccurate."

That’s when I found out the power was turned off exactly one week before and went to inspect the unit again finding that most everything had been moved out except a pile of junk (which was their “boyfriends” and a whole other story for another post) and when the notorious “opened the fridge” moment I wrote about occurred.Since I was in my right under the Abandonment clause, I called cleaners to come remove the junk, and clean out the fridge.

@Nathan G.Where do I start with the great state of Illinois where we have our own wing in the prisons for previous governors.Regulating Rental Licensing Programs where the cities are non-home rule communities and don’t have the power to charge a fee.  

FSBO sellers are notoriously overpriced, under-repaired, and unrealistic.