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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Never, ever, ever, not ever, pay a contractor any money in advance. It is a recipe for disaster. The worst thing you can do is to pay a contractor money for work that they have not performed. You will get ripped off. And, it has been said over and over on this website. My advice to the woman is to not pay them any more money.
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That's not always going to work if the contractor has to order special materials in advance. Then trust gets shifted entirely to the other foot. But, I would never pay for labor in advance.