I was kind of dumb and desperate at the time, I got better. These days I would just quote an amazingly unreasonable amount of money. If they said ok, well I could buy a whole lot of therapy and a house in Austin afterward.
Gotta make sure you tell them you want it upfront too before you do any work.
Tho still a good idea to stay away from potentially organized crime, they have a tendency to hang around and show up again when you think you’re all done.