Jake's List helps general contractors review structured contractor feedback, property intelligence, and customer risk signals before committing labor, materials, and project schedules.
Got a lead? Check Jake's List before you schedule the estimate.
Every job starts with a customer. Understanding potential issues before committing time, labor, and materials can help protect your business.
Payment concerns at project milestones or completion
Disputes involving scope, change orders, or completed work
Billing issues after renovation or construction projects
Communication problems that can complicate project schedules
These practical steps can help clarify customer expectations, document agreements, and reduce preventable disputes.
Break larger projects into documented phases with defined deliverables and payment schedules. Explain when progress payments become due and how delays, inspections, or incomplete items affect each milestone.
Clarify which trades are included in the general contractor's scope, who coordinates scheduling, and how subcontractor work will be reviewed. Establish one process for communicating customer requests that affect multiple trades.
When homeowners request layout changes, upgraded materials, or additional work, document the revised price and schedule before proceeding. Keep approved changes with the original contract to reduce later disagreements.
Explain how substantial completion, final walkthroughs, punch-list corrections, and final payment will be handled. Document outstanding items and use the contract to establish reasonable expectations for closing out the project.
Explore our contractor red flags guide and free contractor agreement templates.
Jake's List combines structured contractor feedback with available property and public information to give you more context before you take the next step.
Review available signals that can provide additional context before accepting a construction or renovation project.
Review standardized Yes/No feedback submitted by other service professionals about working with the customer.
Review available property information before preparing an estimate or committing project resources.
Better customer intelligence can help you ask better questions, structure better agreements, and make more informed decisions before work begins.
Ask better questions before quoting a project
Review potential payment and dispute concerns
Protect labor, materials, and project resources
Make more informed project acceptance decisions
Search the property, review available customer intelligence, and make a more informed decision before you schedule the estimate.
Start with the property address.
