Ok, so I was a freakin' idiot, & let this damn contractor play me. He's half-a**sed did a couple things, & left more projects unstarted. I went on nolo.com (legal site) & looked up about this. I'm pretty sure he move out of the park here (mobile home). About a week and 1/2 ago I sent a 'demand' letter (by delivery confirm.) asking for my $ back. Now, his wife still lives here. I gave til about thie end of the month for a response, pretty sure I'm not going to get one. A neighbor of theirs stopped by the day the letter was delivered & asked if I needed 'help' w/the windows, since said contr. is out of state temporarily? Yeah, sure, I need another yahoo to jerk me around. I know damn well I'm pretty much f*** outta of the $, here, but, can I maybe claim it as a loss on my income tax (next yr>)? Can I send a 1099 (I don't have ss# for him). I know also even if I won in court, I have the burden of collecting the $. At this point, anything I can do to get his ass in trouble is fine by me. I also have some signed receipts when I gave him $, a complaint letter by the park mgr. (against me!) b/c he left part of this one thing undone so long (he did fix that, outside anyway). I don't have a written contract either, just a proposal for one of the jobs. I since joined Angies List, they said they'd help me file a complaint & they have ratings & reviews on different contractors, etc. I can also file w/atty. general'ls office, but, that'll be looked at in the next millenium, if then
. I've taken pictures, etc.
Now, I have the added worry of more $ to do work on a depreciating place, the mgt. is coming down hard around here (I think they want to sell in the next couple yrs.) & will no doubt try to fine me, and/or do what they think is appropriate to my house (since they've already threatened this prev.)& then charge me up the nose, adding late fees, etc. They already threw out a handicapped man (he was behind on rent) but hed had wanted to sell long before, he had a firm offer, & they wouldn't let him.



. He's half-a**sed did a couple things, & left more projects unstarted. I went on nolo.com (legal site) & looked up about this. I'm pretty sure he move out of the park here (mobile home). About a week and 1/2 ago I sent a 'demand' letter (by delivery confirm.) asking for my $ back. Now, his wife still lives here. I gave til about thie end of the month for a response, pretty sure I'm not going to get one. A neighbor of theirs stopped by the day the letter was delivered & asked if I needed 'help' w/the windows, since said contr. is out of state temporarily? Yeah, sure, I need another yahoo to jerk me around. I know damn well I'm pretty much f*** outta of the $, here, but, can I maybe claim it as a loss on my income tax (next yr>)? Can I send a 1099 (I don't have ss# for him). I know also even if I won in court, I have the burden of collecting the $. At this point, anything I can do to get his ass in trouble is fine by me. I also have some signed receipts when I gave him $, a complaint letter by the park mgr. (against me!) b/c he left part of this one thing undone so long (he did fix that, outside anyway). I don't have a written contract either, just a proposal for one of the jobs. I since joined Angies List, they said they'd help me file a complaint & they have ratings & reviews on different contractors, etc. I can also file w/atty. general'ls office, but, that'll be looked at in the next millenium, if then
. I've taken pictures, etc.
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