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Roof Cleaning New Jersey wrote:

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Its a lopsided question to vote whether you want premium members educating your competition. Of course no one wants this. What i dont like is people lurking or getting enough info to start then bailing on RCIA. But im not worried about these types. Their personalities are the types who do not follow thru, do things half azz, never finish what they start, and will muck things up enough to get the word out that your roof is something to be left to professionals.
If you want unbiased dialogue on this issue, you cannot start the thread with such a loaded question. Cleaning roofs is the easy part. Ill say it again. Cleaning roofs is the easy part.  

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 This is so true! Here is the Reality of all this guys, people ARE going to get into this business, one way or another. Most are not going to make it either! So, keep your friends close, and your enemies closer. Not very much time goes by we don't get "Hello Chris, Tom from North Tampa Roof Cleaning did our roof a few years ago, but he is out of business now, and said to call you" I have helped many of my local competitors, and some of them remember the good people at Apple Roof Cleaning if they don't make it.

You ARE going to have competitors guys, get used to it.  In fact, in a virgin market, a competitor can even help you!

I began doing roofs about a year ago and it seemed as if I could get any answer for free. It was called reading and alot of guys reminded me and many others of that quite often.

If it's worth anything, I feel anything to do with safety for the contractor or roof owner should be free game and the tips and tricks you all have developed to increase profits or productivity should be saved for the premium side.