WTF?!

Craigslist Follies: Investor looking for Contractors who finance

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I noticed this ad today in Metro Detroit Craigslist: Investor looking for Contractors who finance (East & West Detroit) Date: 2011-08-01, 4:18PM EDT Reply to: see below [Errors when replying to ads?] I am an investor. I just purchased 60 properties and will be purchasing more, I am seeking a professional construction company that can [...]

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Contractors Are Buying Supplies And Then Returning Them

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Here’s the deal: some contractors are buying extra supplies on jobs and returning them for gift cards. But, I have to say that this news reporter is reporting a story with only half the information.  They need to track down the contractor and get his version of the story.  Then these videos can be looked [...]

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Questions, Questions, Questions…

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A contractor got a laundry list of questions from a prospective client.  They were posted on the Contractortalk forum: Member Heritage said: Too good not to share To make a very long story short…here is one of my prospective clients. We haven’t signed anything yet but since they had concept drawings for their reno & [...]

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Homeowner Charged $100k For A $10 Patch Job

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PALM CITY, Fla. –  The police arrested a handyman for ripping off a 82 year old lady for $107,000.  This guy took his own family over there to help the lady feel at ease with giving him her money! Between December 2007 and June 2009 an investigation revealed that this contractor, Harry B. Patterson did [...]

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Plumber Takes The Pesos And Skidaddles

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Emmit the plumber has been taking the homeowners for a ride.  He was to install a simple shower in a guy named Hank’s basement.  Hank is in his 80′s and says he couldn’t find him if he had to. Hank paid $2,000 bucks and hasn’t seen Emmit since! Gerald, another guy, hired him to fix [...]

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Here’s an Interesting Article…

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So this Sunday I decided to surf a little an see what kind of goodies I could find and came across this ad in the well-known Craigslist website.  I thought this was worthy of a “WTF?” I was reading Craigslist ads and came across this post: Contractors be very careful of Property Management companies. Many [...]

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