On 3/4/2013 5:52 PM, John Grossbohlin wrote:
"Swingman" wrote in message
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Only a damned fool, or a crook, would do otherwise.

There seems to be an abundance of both from what I've seen. Sometimes it
is hard to tell if ignorance, dollars, or dishonesty are driving the
decisions and actions... in other cases it is clearly all three. The
homeowners I feel sorry for are those who try to do the right thing and
bring in inspectors and professionals and still end up with problems.
The stories I'm hearing from associates in FL suggest that the elderly
are being preyed upon with pretty much no recourse. Things may look OK
cosmetically but fail quickly...

I wonder how the masses in the younger generations can avoid being taken
since they themselves generally do not know how to use tools or
understand how things work. It is probably fair to say that in general
the trades have become "installers" rather than "builders" and that
leads to problems on both sides. I've had discussions with my sons about
what their friends and classmates can do and the response is that they
generally don't know how to do anything... except push buttons perhaps.
My sales and service business owning friends have been saying for years
they cannot find youth whom know enough to train let alone possess
skills. Perhaps in the future the ruling class will be those who can
actually do something... everyone will be at their mercy! LOL

That would be a switch ...

Actually, I'm surprised, at least around this neck of the woods, with
the increasing sophistication of both buyers and remodel clients, even
first time home buyers.

I originally thought that it might be TV that was driving that relative
sophistication, but after watching a few of those show ... Naaahh, don't
think so.

I'm more inclined to think now, that those who can afford housing and
remodeling are obviously the few who have the money; and most of those
(elderly excluded) who were smart enough to make it in these times, are
also smart enough to keep it.

So far I can't attribute my observation to anything else ...

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