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Signs of Home Repair Scams

By
Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Burnet

There are some things that you can look for to help protect yourself from Home Repair Scams.

*Door to door salespeople offering to do repairs more cheaply because they have leftover supplies from another job.

*High pressure sales tactics to get you to sign a contract quickly.

*Not providing a written estimate of work to be done, contract or references.

*Asking for a large downpayment.

For additonal information on hiring a contractor you can check out the publication entitled Hiring a Residential Contractor at the Minnesota Department of Commerce or the Attorney General office.

Posted by

Donna Quanrud

Jason King
Coastal Mortgage - Mandeville, LA

It is rampant in New Orleans these days and, I imagine, in other communities recovering from storms. All of a sudden everyone's a contractor and an unfortunate number of them are nothing more than con artists.

Good post.

Aug 25, 2006 05:36 PM