Question on Contractors for Home Improvements...Why No Calls Back???

[delcrossv]

It's very hard to get construction work done because Americans DO NOT want to do manual labor any more. I bet if you visited a classroom and asked the kids "how many want to grow up and do hard work in the hot sun?" you wouldn't see many hands go up. They all want to do what I'm doing right now, typing on a computer in a comfortable chair in a heated and air conditioned room. Can you blame them?

How about a lot of money and no debt?

 

[jimmyj]

Try Home Advisor. The 2nd bathroom renew I did I contracted thru there.
Some contractors don't like it when you buy everything.

Because they charge you double for what they purchased

 

[LVSteve]

How about a lot of money and no debt?

Those must be recent average numbers. I recall an interview with an airline exec a few years ago where he said he was paying mechanics over $60k a year to be barely above the poverty line in Oakland.

 

[mrchick]

Those must be recent average numbers. I recall an interview with an airline exec a few years ago where he said he was paying mechanics over $60k a year to be barely above the poverty line in Oakland.

It’s dated May 2018.