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Vendor negotiation · Preserving the relationship

Mid-project, your roofing contractor presents a change order 30% over bid after finding deck rot they say they couldn't have seen. You'll need this vendor across the portfolio for years. Walk me through the negotiation.

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Verify before negotiating: get my maintenance lead on the roof, photograph the deck, and confirm the rot is real and the quantity claimed — most change-order fights are really scope disputes, and shared facts shrink them.…

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