lumber that scher had already paid martinez for. the company immediately put a lien on scher s house. what brian scher didn t appreciate at the time is the financial power of that contractor s license. the same license that is supposed to protect the consumer. because in california, like many states, homeowners are on the hook if their contractors buy materials or hire subcontractors and don t pay them. that s right. even if you can prove that you ve paid your contractor, angry vendors can hold the homeowner responsible. in one last ditch effort to try to reason with martinez, scher phoned and asked him to return items he had taken from the house. i said, well, are you going to give me back are you bringing back all the windows at least and all the lumber and everything? he says, hell, no. i m bringing back nothing. he said to me, listen, if you bug me, i ll come there and i ll kill you, so don t just mess around with me, you don t know who you re talking to. richard martinez i
to reason with martinez, scher phoned and asked him to return items he had taken from the house. i said, well, are you going to give me back are you bringing back all the windows at least and all the lumber and everything? he says, hell, no. i m bringing back nothing. he said to me, listen, if you bug me, i ll come there and i ll kill you, so don t just mess around with me, you don t know who you re talking to. richard martinez is a deceiving, conniving crook. chris jackson says he s also a victim of contractor richard martinez. he s a congenital liar. moved by the same sob story that martinez had given brian scher, the jacksons hired martinez to pour a foundation and build a frame for a house. he d been in an accident where he had broken his neck and he s in a full halo bolted to his skull. and you know, your heart goes out to him. and you re thinking, boy, this guy could really use the work. fortunately, jackson says, he realized that the work martinez