In rural areas where people know one another, people like yourself get sniffed out before they reach the ol boys network. If you're known as someone who seems

In rural areas where people know one another, people like yourself get sniffed out before they reach the ol boys network. If you're known as someone who seems like they would like codes, licensing, and inspections then these opportunities won't even appear to you, which works out well for both parties. People who trade this way with one another aren't going to want to wipe the other guy out because it is mutually assured destruction.