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Unpopular opinion: a client who pays fast can still be the worst one you'll ever take
Last winter I took a $4,200 job from a guy who paid the full deposit in 20 minutes, and the actual move of his 3-bedroom in Reno took 19 hours over two days because he kept "remembering" locked closets and a storage unit across town. Everyone in this group says slow payers are the red flag, but a fast payer with zero plan will eat your weekend and your crew's backs. Do you all screen for schedule chaos, or do you just see the money clear and say yes?
Ah yes, the classic "oh wait, one more thing" client. He paid fast so he could spend the rest of the weekend paying you back in surprise storage units. Feels like the money clears fast but the job never actually ends, right?