Grumpy, you are right.........but you are not here in MN. With our taxes and laws it is very tough to get quality and stay within means to make a living. Sure, others may be doing great, but most are not operating legally, and I enjoy fixing their mistakes.
I don't have a problem with someone running a legitimate business, but it rarely happens up here. These companies usually hire illegals or kids out of school. I knew a kid when we got out of school, he was hired by a bigger exteriors company in the area. No experience, no tools....they sent him out to a siding job on his own. He called a friend of mine wanting to know what to do and what tools to buy.
We have these illegals and scabs coming up to us all the time asking for work, but we have to turn them down. They just want to work strictly for cash. We don't want to get hung with that and also worry about the work they do for us.
Stormexteriors..........it wasn't mastercraft. We are doing one of their jobs now that they did two years ago. Not the best work, but you never know which scab crew they had on it. These were two companies that just popped up in the last 5 years or so since the storms started hitting up here.