Although I have a full time job with a local contractor, I also do freelance work. I do a lot less of it these days, because I am just so busy all the time, but if I get an interesting offer I will field it. An old friend of mine from high school reached out to me a few weeks ago with something I had to see to believe. His name is Mike, and he wanted an off-the-books inspection of his new place, to see what work needed to be done, but he didn’t want to have a written record of it. He was converting an old warehouse into a marijuana grow, and needed to renovate the old HVAC system they had. Since it was a warehouse, it had a massive industrial size HVAC system, which had not been serviced in many years. We discussed his specific needs for climate control, and I decided that the old system didn’t need to be fixed anyway. This place used to be for cold products, but weed plants needed a different set of climate control parameters, with higher amounts of humidity and warmth. The only air conditioning they would need was in the break room for the workers ,because the plants would not need it! It only took a few days, but I got all of his HVAC needs taken care of quietly, and for cash money that we don’t need to report to Uncle Sam. As a bonus for my HVAC work, I can buy weed from the guy at wholesale cost whenever I want!