| One of the richest people in the world, John D. | | | | went with me. This kind of stuff just doesn't happen |
| Rockefeller was extremely frugal, but understood the | | | | that often. |
| importance of hiring skilled professionals. Even | | | | I can't stress it enough and will continue to inform |
| someone who was as frugal as John D. Rockefeller, | | | | people all over the world about the problems |
| wouldn't have hired the cheapest contractors and I'm | | | | homeowners are having hiring the cheapest |
| going to tell you why. | | | | contractors they can find. It's not getting better, it |
| There is a big difference between cheap and | | | | seems to be getting worse. Today I drove by a strip |
| valuable. The minute that you understand and accept | | | | mall where two men were mixing cement about 3 |
| this, it can change your life forever. It happened to | | | | feet in front of the main entrance to a convenience |
| me about 15 years ago, when I realized that being | | | | store. |
| the cheapest contractor wasn't providing valuable | | | | Could you imagine a small child playing around the |
| service to my clients. | | | | cement mixer, while her mom's in the store |
| Cheapest Isn't Always Best. Hiring the cheapest | | | | shopping? What about a customer who trips over |
| licensed contractor that you can find, doesn't always | | | | one of their tools in the parking lot? I could go on |
| work. Recently I gave someone an estimate for | | | | and on, but I'm not going to. You need to seriously |
| some termite damage and they told me that they | | | | think about the next contractor you hire, who's giving |
| were going to use another contractor, whose price | | | | you the cheapest bid. They might not be providing |
| was 50% lower than mine. It doesn't take a rocket | | | | you with the most value, even though they're |
| scientist to figure out, what's going to happen to this | | | | providing you with the lowest price. |
| homeowner. It's not like he's going to call me and tell | | | | There is a big difference between the value and |
| me that things didn't work out and he should have | | | | pricing. |