One more thing, this whole notion of getting "hooked" "monopolizing" and becoming "dependent" is silly. I pity the fool who puts all his/her eggs in one basket! this isn't WALMAT where i get to beat down prices, I'm not the only contractor in town! we are talking about contractors running their businesses differently, I know of a GC that one of "my" subs works for that buries his subs in paper work! (daily reports,time keeping records, material recipts) thats the way they do business, and if you don't like it , don't work for them! it's that simple, I have a handshake and a promise from you that the job will be done on time, thats most of my contracts with "my" subs.
no one HAS to work with me no one is "stuck" we ARE all "independent" right?!...RichR.
