I'm probably as distrustful as you are so when I'm shopping for something, I do as much research as I can.  

I would tell him to shop around a little for insurance.

The previous tenant was a local repair shop business that closed down because the owner is retiring.

This method is called "bid shopping" and is illegal in public work bidding, but your house is not a public work project so you can utilize this method.

The commercial are is The Village at Sunriver which has features for kids to play, shops, grocery store, etc. 

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@Joel Owens Say a builder builts 60 houses, then just to escape warranty/guarantee, the close shop and open up another company to build another 70.

I happened to try and go to the CVS and parking spilled out to the steet last night as there was almost zero parking on the huge parking lot with all the shopping for New Years.Worst case scenario is that you pay the 3% down to get a roof over your head and have at least over 1/3rd the mortgage paid for each month.  

Places like gastropubs, yoga studios, art galleries, trendy coffee shops are all pretty good signs I think. 

Their employees pay starts at the employers shop and ends at the shop .