want to move to dallas - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

joelj · 11-25-2008, 09:17 AM

hi everybody ,i met a girl and fell in love,problem is she lives in dallas. I have a great buisness in the philadelphia area,i was wondering what the situation is like in dallas,I am a commercial flooring contractor............thanks and any info would b appreciated...........................joel

wizendwizard · 11-25-2008, 10:13 AM

I was doing some investigating last week on moving to Ft. Worth. I came across over 700 companies that do flooring installs and 200 ad's per day for DFW on CL.

Thats a tough market when you have to compete with non licensed (no licensing required in Tx.) people named Juan and Jose doing flooring and tile for $1.25 a sq ft.

joelj · 11-25-2008, 10:23 AM

thats what i thought was going on down there,slowly starting to realize our trade is being destroyed by these people.............thanxfor the info.....joel

**Cole** · 11-25-2008, 10:42 AM

If I were you, I would not move here.

Too much illegal labor here.

copusbuilder · 11-25-2008, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by wizendwizard

Thats a tough market when you have to compete with non licensed (no licensing required in Tx.) people named Juan and Jose doing flooring and tile for $1.25 a sq ft.

You didn't get their name and number did you?

copusbuilder · 11-25-2008, 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by joelj

hi everybody ,i met a girl and fell in love,problem is she lives in dallas. I have a great buisness in the philadelphia area,i was wondering what the situation is like in dallas,I am a commercial flooring contractor............thanks and any info would b appreciated...........................joel

It's a tough time to start a business anywhere today.
It's harder when you have to compete with non tax paying, uninsured, non English speaking people.

It should'nt be a problem but Joe Homeowner will take tghe cheapest price and not even question, prep, installation quality or anything. Texas is tough that way. I think too many people are transient and just care about things looking O.K.
Heck, they won't be in that house in 5 years!

Not what I grew up with in Boston but I think it is getting that way there too?

We want it all,,,no matter what the cost to society

It gets so frustrating I am gonna go have one of my imported damn beers