Finding a Remodeling Contractor

A lot of homeowners are gearing up to have a home improvement project done in the near future. There are reasons for this:

• Everyone's getting ready to file tax returns and bring home those big bucks.
• The housing bubble bust is keeping homeowners where they are; they're not moving.
• Yes, "young adults" are re-nesting and moving back in with mom and dad since they can't afford to live away, have to repay college loans, or have been laid off because of the sluggish economy.
  

Folks that are looking to hire a contractor have to be careful. There are a lot of fly-by-night operators in this field. After Hurricanes Ike and Katrina, many people learned what the term "storm chasers" means.

These folks are not local contractors but they travel from state to state following the homeowners insurance checks. In many cases they're reputable, but in others, not.

The trick is to vet any service professional before you hire them. Beware of companies that change DBA names every few years to lower insurance costs. This happens more often than most people realize.

Remember, it it sounds too good to be true, it probably is. Let the buyer beware.