1. Confirm who you are hiring. Are you hiring Joe? You met Joe. But you are likely hiring a corporation called Joe's Cement Company. Go online and check out the hire. Ask for references. Go to the references house and check the work. Go online to yelp, Better Business Bureau and check out references. Get an address. Get more than a cell phone number. 2. Get it in Writing. Contracts, proposals, invoices, whatever they call it, have it reduced to writing. What exa