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_____________________________________________"Try to sharpen your intuition with new customers. Usually deadbeats will give some clues. If the early process of your business with them isn't going well (estimating, contracting, phone calls, etc.) then the work probably won't be any better.
I have to be especially careful when I'm hungry for work. It's still better to walk away from bad business."
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Screen all your customers, Always Have a signed contract, with a deposit of 1/3 to 1/2 of the job cost, and never work without a permit.
If you go to court with a signed contract and a permit, with the estimated amount stated, you will be awarded you payment 99% of the time, and with these papers any collection agency will happy to collect for you, for a fee of course.
