in the Yellow pages, you will find hundreds of contractors in your area. You will spend lots of time dialing numbers that have been disconnected, talking to contractors who don't specialize on jobs like yours or who are simply not interested or available at this time.

the Internet has thousands of websites advertising contractors, but it takes hours or days to read all those pages and then even more time trying to contact them.

your friends might recommend a good contractor - one they may have dealt with before - but it does not mean that you will be just as happy. Choices are always good!