We found a guy last week, (on CL) seemed to have a troubled past; but hey, I wasn't taught to judge ppls character, exclusively by their outward appearance.

Anyway, he and a partner of his, came out to one of our properties. They took some measurements, he was talking the talk and walking the walk so, lets give him a shot.

Today we meet. He was late, he showed up at the wrong HD location, even though we texted him the address and verbally confirmed it the day before, and then he mentioned lunch b4 we even loaded the supplies in HIS truck. I'm thinking, this guy.

So, I watch them load up the truck, confirm again that they know where to go, I start to pull off. I'm so enthralled in my convo that I didn't realized that I had left them in my dust; so, I just proceed to the property.

I open the gate the garage, begin to open all the other areas, moving thing around. I let the tenant know we're here etc... 10 mins go by, No handyman. 20 mins... Then reality sets in...OMG! you rookie/idiot, they got you...You know better than that. Did you get a last name, no! I know you took a pic of the truck and the license plate right; ahhh, I forgot to.

Now, I let my team know; they go into Adam-12 mode, call the cops. We going to Sting them, i'm already creating a new CL account. I have a video camera. I'll have my sister tell them to meet us at Lowes, yeah yeah thats a great idea. I say quite, too embarrassed to talk, I'm the leader remember.

Now, I'm listening to all this while I'm driving back to the HD, maybe they forgot something or returned the supplies for the cash etc... I get to HD, start talking to the manager, surprisingly everyone sprung into action, they are calling to get the surveillance video, calling other stores, attempting to block the items from being returned w/o the receipt, which I had by the way.

In the mist of all these advocates working for me, i get a text. "Ok we're here, can we get the gate open". (I locked everything up b4 I left.)

The moral of the story, there are good ppl and not so good ppls; nevertheless, we need to always look to protect our interests, this is our business and our lively-hood. Albeit, the total was only about $150 worth of supplies; nevertheless, this could have been a very different scenario, in that, what if it was 10k worth of Drywall, wood, fixtures and appliances; I would have conducted myself very differently.

Turns out the dude is like Jesus with table saw and a pile of wood.

I am grateful for my experience and wanted to share it with someone who might always give someone the benefit of the doubt; but who also just needs to be careful.

Thank you for reading my story.

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