PAPER CONTRACTOR Versus BAGS ON CONTRACTOR

 
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Old 10-13-2009, 11:20 PM   #41
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Re: PAPER CONTRACTOR Versus BAGS ON CONTRACTOR


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I have been called a "paper contractor" because I don't have any employees, I only use trade contractors, Does this make me a "paper contractor"?
You probably add value to the project by management and supervision and problem solving. Paper contractors basically just resell jobs and are seldom seen except to ask for checks.

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Old 10-19-2009, 05:32 PM   #42
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It seems alot of the responses are from "sub-contractors".....I guess all G.C's would be paper contractors ...because I do not know a "GC" who wears a tool belt and pounds nails ...They hold the license and hire the subs (bag contractors)....its 2 totally different types of work ...
There are lots of GC's that wear tools belts...they are called handyman who are over their heads

The one good thing about this recession is its made it alot easier for us sub contractors. A couple of years ago, every handyman with a pickup truck fancied himself a GC and wanted us to go bankrupted with them.

Plus, all the good companies had trouble finding good help because any guy with half a brain was running his own show which meant that all the foreman were idiots.

Nowadays all the companies left are good companies with money in the bank. All decent guys are back running crews and making jobs better for everyone. All the idiots are back at home depot giving crappy advice to unsuspecting home owners.

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