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Re: MuddyWaters post# 124979

Sunday, 07/31/2011 2:38:42 PM

Sunday, July 31, 2011 2:38:42 PM

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I was 19 when I bought my first house, I had never hired a contractor before.

My mom was in kitchen and bath designs and I had been to a few constructions sites when we lived in California, but I personally had never done anything with it.

I saw a crack in the housing market and jumped over it. I went through 5 contractors on the first house until I found a guy I liked. He was a very honest contractor, I KNOW CRAZY, but they exist.

He was a younger guy with a family and he was having a hard time making sales, but he worked hard. He wasn't the brightest guy, but he had a passion for working with his hands and building. I hired him for that, not for his lengthy resume, to which it was very limited. Together he and I learned a lot and became very successful. That was 8 years ago.

He had a heart to serve and teach, he showed the kids in my program how to do something other than play sports and be successful. He was the best hire I ever had and he was not the shiniest tool in the shed.

The housing market is competitive. We still to this day have never been in the red regardless of the market conditions.

It does happen. Go HFBG!
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