A GC in Fort Worth asked me one question at a bid walk and I still think about it

Dakota Ellis · 2026-10-25T21:00:11.166819+00:00

I was bidding a kitchen reno on a 1950s ranch house off Camp Bowie about 8 months ago, and the GC walked me through the whole job. Right before I left he stopped and asked me flat out, "How many jobs like this have you finished, not started?" I gave him a number and he just nodded and wrote it down on his clipboard. He hired me and later admitted he asks every sub that same question because he got burned twice last year by crews who start strong and vanish. That one question made me rethink how I sell my own work. Now I bring a list of finished jobs with addresses to every bid walk. What questions do you all use to weed out flaky subs before you hand over a check?

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