Joe/JoDa Hodge has been convicted of threatening people with firearms in the state of Vermont. We did not know this when we hired him. In May of 2019 he claimed he could start our house "next week" if we gave him almost $38,000 to pay the building team and survey team that he supposedly had ready to deploy for our project (which was in Maine.) We paid it all by May 8, 2019. We paid it all by May 8, 2019, despite the fact that he pressured us to pay very quickly, and the first couple of payments on PayPal were to "Vermont Film School" which he had an excuse for. Stupidly, we accepted his explanation and we did not know that it is illegal in the state of Maine to collect more than $3000 before any work gets completed. We paid for our ignorance. It is now 14 months later, and after dozens of excuses and false delays, we have nothing but stakes in the ground on our property. We asked Joe for a contract and our money back in June 2020, and he ignored the request. (Phone call is recorded.) On Friday July 3rd, 2020 we called him to officially fire him, and he hung up on us within about 2 minutes (we recorded that phone conversation as well.) We have emailed the attorney general of Vermont and mailed the attorney general of Maine just a day ago, as well as a couple of news reporters. We also consulted a lawyer, who advised us to sue only if we believe he can actually pay us back. Based upon reviews we found after we hired him, he has taken money from others and not paid them back either. NEVER GIVE JODA HODGE OR SOLANNA HOMES YOUR MONEY. read more