All Forum Posts by: Alan F.

i.e. Called my main guy this spring for some work. He showed with a young guy, We worked our butts off for 3 days. I picked up lunch, drinks etc. I went to pay them, couple of days work I'll pay with a check (1099) and cash it for them.

Hey Tony, I've got all O's info what's yours?

"Just Tony." Ok, some ID?

"No necessito." Whaaa, lets see some papers!

"No necessito!" Whaaa, empty your pockets!

"See, Nada, only new phone."

How do you buy anything or stay somewhere?

In very broken English:

"No necessito, US has free food! EBT! Section 8, nice housing! good medical at emergency! new clothes! etc."

:-0

Hey O, is this true? What's going on? You've been calling me a lot for work, and I've been referring you. What's up with this?

"Mike, 15 years ago I arrived in Mass, I was the only Guatemalan in Mass. Good people gave me work, I learned more skill, more money, worked hard! Now, recently, there are probably 1000 more Guatemalans like Tony, all undercutting each other!! I can do a roof for $300/Sq, they underbid me down like $99/Sq."

Yes, I've seen them, **** work and they're falling off roofs, not safe. I don't care if they're free, I don't need that!

"Mike, that's unusual!"

I could go on.

1. I see it as more like 50 million Undocumented (Illegally entered the USA) aliens.

2. I'm optimistic bad ones will be deported.

3. I'd like to see folks that are chosen to remain are vetted and documented.

Soooo Don't bother arguing with me about what I see and know. Actual experience I'll listen to.

@Jay Hinrichs I agree with your wife on the make up of subs! I'm seeing the same, Thanks

One thing I know about our hispanic work force on the left coast they are not stupid they know the value of their sub trades your not going to get some massive discount from them.. Even the day laborers at home depot know the going rate :) .. In my mind what you get is hard working do a very nice job generally speaking and will work when many born and breed americans simply wont. the one situation we do face is sometimes they just leave and go home with no notice..

That mirrors my experience too - our Hispanic contractors know exactly what the market rates are and they may be a touch below but not considerable - what you are getting these days is a faster, tighter job, not huge cost savings.

What we're getting here in CA is unpermitted, non warranties work. While licensed contractors pay payroll taxes, workers comp and a litany of other financial burdens.

perspective is everything.

Alan unpermitted non warranty work is how have the mid west rust belt gets their rehabs done.. just is what it is.. and some are not citizens and some are

Fair point, doesn't make it right though. It's also why we see customers get burned.

Illegal or not, unlicensed contractors here in CA undermine the industry. We can't compete with people not paying payroll taxes,comp, pioneer etc.

I mentioned to Bruce on another post that there are barely 210k active licenses left here. What happens when we cant pay our overhead because of the underground economy?

Why even have licenses?, maybe REA and brokers shouldn't have licenses?

Edit...not pioneer. ...paid time off

Lol spell check

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@V.G Jason

"PS before you dismiss this as liberal, communist, socialist talk."

Dismissed, actually more like Marxism!

I'd like to see back up of some of your assertions, Not hearsay, Not the Liberal Press.

Hey Tony, I've got all O's info what's yours?

"Just Tony." Ok, some ID?

"No necessito." Whaaa, lets see some papers!

"No necessito!" Whaaa, empty your pockets!

"See, Nada, only new phone."

How do you buy anything or stay somewhere?

In very broken English:

"No necessito, US has free food! EBT! Section 8, nice housing! good medical at emergency! new clothes! etc."

:-0

Hey O, is this true? What's going on? You've been calling me a lot for work, and I've been referring you. What's up with this?

Yes, I've seen them, **** work and they're falling off roofs, not safe. I don't care if they're free, I don't need that!

"Mike, that's unusual!"

I could go on.

1. I see it as more like 50 million Undocumented (Illegally entered the USA) aliens.

2. I'm optimistic bad ones will be deported.

3. I'd like to see folks that are chosen to remain are vetted and documented.

Soooo Don't bother arguing with me about what I see and know. Actual experience I'll listen to.

@Jay Hinrichs I agree with your wife on the make up of subs! I'm seeing the same, Thanks

What we're getting here in CA is unpermitted, non warranties work. While licensed contractors pay payroll taxes, workers comp and a litany of other financial burdens.

perspective is everything.

Alan unpermitted non warranty work is how have the mid west rust belt gets their rehabs done.. just is what it is.. and some are not citizens and some are

Fair point, doesn't make it right though. It's also why we see customers get burned.

Illegal or not, unlicensed contractors here in CA undermine the industry. We can't compete with people not paying payroll taxes,comp, pioneer etc.

I mentioned to Bruce on another post that there are barely 210k active licenses left here. What happens when we cant pay our overhead because of the underground economy?

Why even have licenses?, maybe REA and brokers shouldn't have licenses?

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Quote from @JD Martin:

Quote from @Jay Hinrichs:

Quote from @Mike Hurney:

@V.G Jason

"PS before you dismiss this as liberal, communist, socialist talk."

Dismissed, actually more like Marxism!

I'd like to see back up of some of your assertions, Not hearsay, Not the Liberal Press.

Hey Tony, I've got all O's info what's yours?

"Just Tony." Ok, some ID?

"No necessito." Whaaa, lets see some papers!

"No necessito!" Whaaa, empty your pockets!

"See, Nada, only new phone."

How do you buy anything or stay somewhere?

In very broken English:

"No necessito, US has free food! EBT! Section 8, nice housing! good medical at emergency! new clothes! etc."

:-0

Hey O, is this true? What's going on? You've been calling me a lot for work, and I've been referring you. What's up with this?

Yes, I've seen them, **** work and they're falling off roofs, not safe. I don't care if they're free, I don't need that!

"Mike, that's unusual!"

I could go on.

1. I see it as more like 50 million Undocumented (Illegally entered the USA) aliens.

2. I'm optimistic bad ones will be deported.

3. I'd like to see folks that are chosen to remain are vetted and documented.

Soooo Don't bother arguing with me about what I see and know. Actual experience I'll listen to.

@Jay Hinrichs I agree with your wife on the make up of subs! I'm seeing the same, Thanks

What we're getting here in CA is unpermitted, non warranties work. While licensed contractors pay payroll taxes, workers comp and a litany of other financial burdens.

perspective is everything.

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The notion that America won't build houses without illegal labor is stupid. Illegal labor suppresses wages, supply and demand.

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Realtor; "Picture yourself kicking up your feet & enjoying some me time"

Me; Its a freaking hoarder house that I'm gonna flip!😠

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Quote from @Tiamo Wright:

@Patrick Shep the app launched 24 hours ago so the next few months are going to be to ensure that the current features are working as expected. So feel free to send me any feedback you have on the current features. As far as future features what are you referring to as deal analysis, what tools are you looking for on mobile? Would love to learn more.

I'm using an older s8 with os 9 (pie) will the new app work? FWIW I don't see it in app store

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I made the mistake of responding to DM's, now I just ignore & delete.

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Everyone should read Scott's answe a few times.

Would you all enter a REI agreement with out a contract?

I'm pro prenup

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A chat bot to tie them up?

there's another thread going on, on how to telemarket property owners lol.

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Cleveland, Ohio

Jobs have; PTO, medical insurance, Company matched 401k's, structure etc. Lending favors w2 employment.

Self employed have; Non of the above.

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