THE BIDS YOU GOT ARE TO HIGH, CAN'T I JUST HAVE MY FRIEND OR THE TENANTS DO THE WORK IF THEY WANT? - You can have anyone you choose do the work you want on your property. However, if they are not insured you always stand the chance that they could get injured and then they will end up owning your building. We have found that about 95% of the time, using friends or anyone else that is not in the construction/repair business, full-time, is a huge mistake. The work is almost always lacking and rarely is it completed in a timely manner. If you insist on using someone like this, you will be the one ordering the work, inspecting the work, and paying for the work. We will not get involved since we will want to keep an arms length distance from the transaction just in case there is a problem.

We had a situation once where the owner insisted on using the tenant to replace the landing on the second story of a four plex. We warned him of the huge liability he was putting himself in. Sure enough, the tenant had a friend over to help him. The friend ended up losing his footing and stepping between the flooring joist, and then falling through a plate glass window. He of course ended up in the hospital without insurance and they expected the owner to step forward.

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