Why would you trust uploading financial docs to a random portal?

Yeah, "vague clauses about payment timelines" hits way too close to home. I ran into the same mess with a template I bought online for my subcontract work. It had all these standard "net 30" terms but here in Texas half the guys pay after the job is done, not on some calendar date. The generic stuff just doesn't account for how real business flows. Your $30 local lawyer move was smart. Nothing beats having terms that actually match the way people in your market operate.

Man, my buddy tried that and got crickets for two weeks straight.

Save a little bit of that good luck for the next time you get a call about a fridge that's not cooling but it's actually just the condenser fan stuck with a hairball or a piece of plastic. I've learned the hard way that when you get a week like this, you have to pocket the extra cash and not go buying new tools or treating yourself to a steak dinner. The universe has a way of balancing out with a blown compressor or a leaky water line that takes three hours to get to. Keep your head down and don't talk about it too much or you'll jinx the next week.

J-hooks on the ceiling sound like a disaster waiting to happen for a 24-footer. You really want to wrestle that thing up over your head and hope it doesn't swing sideways into a car or a window while you're trying to seat it? My neighbor did the same thing and it took him 20 minutes of cussing and near misses. Ended up just using wall-mounted vertical tracks from a hardware store, slides up and down with a rope pulley, way easier to handle solo. Plus you can anchor those into studs without guessing where they hit.