I am surprised how few contractors dont have signed contracts before they start a job. 99 out of 100 contactors that come to me, either for a collection issue, or because they are being sued, tell me the same thing "oh, no we made the deal on a hand shake." This is such a bad practice !!! Most of the problems that a client comes to me with can be streamlined or avoided, had the contractor had a well written contrct signed by the customer. Just to satisfy my curiosity, how many of you guys get signed contracts before starting a job ?