When we did the clean up of the house after her departure, we discovered she had kept a cat in the house in direct violation of our No Pets Policy and had extensively pock marked the newly refinished wood floors with her stiletto heel shoes.

Some web site sellers do not allow you to do this, so be careful when selecting who you buy your domain from. 

Again these all would need MUCH MORE extensive research and specifics on your comfort level for risk.

I made lots of mistakes but my selection of area outweighed my mistakes, so I am going to do ok on it.  

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Once you have that relationship with them you can now offer that "teammate" extension to the contractor you want but doesn't want to because of the area.

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