Contractors asking for money upfront?

[Edwin Del Aguila]

I am a local contractor in the Houston area and im starting to run into a very bothersome problem. I sometimes sub out certain trades to do work for me and they always ask for money upfront. I dont ask for money upfront and I dont give money upfront to anyone. I have done some work for several investor on BP and I was wondering if you guys are running into this problem. I feel that you shouldnt have to give any contractor money to do work for you unless you have a greed to from the very begining. Its already a cut throat market here in Texas with so many illegal contractors and yet they have the gull to ask for money for materials! I had a plumber and a gutter guy ask me for this and I refused to pay because if you cant buy materials you most likely will cut whatever corner possible to get the job done. What are some of your thoughts?

[Dwayne Hubbard]

A real contractor should never ask for money up front from a customer.What are they doing working and living job to job.If your company can't come up with the cash flow to start and finish the job,I won't do business with that contractor