Get Paid or Get Played: The Subcontract's Survival Guide to Risks, Red Flags, Contracts, Payment Delays, and Protecting Profit

By Amy Kaiserman

GET PAID OR GET PLAYED

A Subcontractor's Survival Guide to Risk, Red-Flags, Contracts, Payment Delays, and Protecting Profit

Getting the job is easy compared to getting paid.

In construction, subcontractors lose money every day because they trust the wrong people, sign bad contracts, ignore warning signs, miss paperwork, underprice risk, and wait too long to protect themselves.

GET PAID OR GET PLAYED is a practical guide for subcontractors, trade business owners, installers, fabricators, service contractors, and small construction operators who want to protect cash flow, avoid preventable losses, and stop getting squeezed on jobs that should have made money.

This book helps you understand where profit really disappears and what to do about it before a bad job turns into a payment fight, a paperwork mess, or a margin-killing disaster.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

- spot contract language that quietly shifts risk onto you

- identify red flags before a project becomes a problem

- protect your position when payment delays start

- strengthen documentation and communication

- avoid admin mistakes that cost real money

- price work with risk in mind

- make better decisions before, during, and after the job

This is not academic theory and it is not fluff. It is real-world business protection for people in the trades.

Written in a direct, practical voice, GET PAID OR GET PLAYED is for subcontractors who are tired of learning expensive lessons the hard way. Because in this business, you either protect your profit, or you watch someone else take it.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GZWGLKQF
• ISBN13: 9798258256065
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.71 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"