Just treat people well. Being a dick here means that everyone will quickly find out and nobody will do anything for you. My brother is a carpenter. He had a lady that moved here from hell (New Jersey). She was a raging bitch and he soon told her no thanks after she started treating him very poorly. She couldn’t find ANYONE after since he works with and contracts with all the other tradesman in the area. She was ridiculous. I cut meat and we had a guy block off a popular atv trail in my rural town. He decided to become a gentleman farmer and wanted someone to butcher his pigs. Turns out my son and his friends used to ride that trail. So guess who still is feeding those piggies in the dead of winter.