I hate it when people ignore what I tell them. Example: 2 guys come to my door to tell me my roof needs replacing. Mmmhhmmmm. It was at least 10 years old when I bought the house 20 years ago, and it's about a 25 year roof. Problem: insurance won't give me a dime, I have no money, and I have no credit. So, they're telling me it doesn't matter, they'd still like to give me a free report. Which would tell me what I already know. "So, does that mean you don't want us to climb up on your roof and look at it?"

You got it, ace. 99.9% of people who ring the bell looking to fix house problems are crooked and will steal your front money and leave you with thousands of dollars of work that needs to be done to clean up their mess.