Word Pelorus. I kinda suck at business. Think I am pretty good at the other stuff. There is a guy here, that sucks at all of it, but the business end, he has a degree. I always hear horror story's of him and his crew, have watched them work and have witnessed them destroying trucks and equip. I always think "that will be it for them" and then ya see them still out there? Very true, that if you are good at business, then you will survive, even if you are horrible at the job. If you are great at convincing people that your shoody work is hi level, then you will be able to maintain.
The other thing ya gotta think about is when to do the right thing. Some guys will mow over anyone that they think that they can take advantage of. Same guy approached a functioning autistic women that me and my wife look after, down the street from me. She lived in a mental home most of her life until her dad moved her into a house with him. They had a huge hack berry go down. I had dealt with her sister who is outa state and her accountant who controls her finances. Her dad was a Marine and a very wealthy man. He had dementia. I agreed to help keep her safe and sound after he passed. He left her a couple million. She is in no way, capable of making sound financial decisions on her own and can be taken advantage of really easy. So she has no real control over her money, as she will get taken. This D-Bag, hears about the job and comes in and try's to get here to sign with him, knowing full well that she is in the condition...... that she is. He was not called for a bid, just shows up. He tells her that he will beat my bid, so she says ok. He words it to actually be more than mine, just breaks it down in a way that was even confusing for me. Out the door, he would have been 500 more than me. But, told her it was cheaper. He, not knowing that she has no say in what happens, just knows she was left a bunch of money and thinks that he has it. He got pretty chitty with her when I started. Pretty freakin pathetic to take advantage of a mentally handicapped person. My point. If you get into this, you will be face with moral conundrums, unlike the other deal on the other thread. How you handle them will affect your rep and your pocket book in opposite ways. Are you going to get into this just to make a buck by any means possible or are you going to do the right thing, even if it means walking away and not making a dime. I don't have to do hi pressure sales, my rep allows me to charge a premium, as people know I am trust worthy and always do the best job possible. Are you going to do everything possible to learn as much as you can, act in a honorable professional manor or are you going to just learn the basics, become a slicked tongued salesman and do as little as possible for the biggest return, cutting corners as much as you can.
