Sick of Deadbeat Commercial Plumbing Clients in South Florida

man, south florida commercial clients stiffin on payments is the WORST, had a similar crapshoot with a $6k job last month and still chasin em down.

man, south florida commercial clients stiffing on payments is the WORST, had a similar crapshow with a restaurant chain dragging a 6k invoice for months. been there brother, makes you wanna switch to residential only.

always get 50% upfront on commercial jobs, especially anything over $2k, and use a mechanic's lien notice right after completion to keep em honest. i've chased down a few strip mall owners here who thought they could ghost me, but serving that lien paperwork the next day lit a fire under their ass. throw in a progress payment clause in the contract too, like 30% at start, 40% midway, balance on punch list sign-off. keeps the cash flowing without turning every job into a collections nightmare.

man, south florida commercial clients pulling that slow-pay crap is the WORST, had one drag me for 90 days on a $6k repipe before i finally got my check. been there too many times, makes you wanna shut off their water mid-job just to make a point. solidarity brother, dont let em walk all over you.

these commercial deadbeats down here make me wanna quit every damn time, just got stiffed on a 6k repipe for a warehouse and had to eat the cost on my last Viega run. started pulling the jobsite card if they're over 30 days out, shut off the mains and tell em the trucks are leaving til the check clears. it's BS that they think we're just chumps with tools. south florida clients are the worst for this crap, always some excuse about cash flow.

just locked in my first big commercial gig usin vipro press tools and got 50% upfront plus a lien notice ready, feels damn good knowin they cant stiff me on the $6k total.

liens are a pain but they work, make sure you get a preliminary notice within 20 days here.