Hot take: my old boss told me to write down every handshake deal, and it saved me $4,200
I heard him say it at a job site in Austin back in 2019 and blew it off, then last month a client tried to add two rooms of work and claim we'd agreed on the same price. Now I email a one line summary after every call and ask them to reply "yes", and I'm wondering if anyone here does something similar or if a real contract is the only thing that holds up.