Red Flags to Spot in Discovery Calls (Before You Sign) + Checklist

After doing a few hundreds of discovery calls, I know pretty much all red flags that expose a bad client.

Every experienced freelancer and agency owner has a story about the client from hell. The one who changed the scope 15 times, paid three months late, or sent revision requests at midnight demanding everything be fixed by morning. Mine? A client who refused to pay me (at all) after doing 80% of the work already, and got away with it. Yes, even with a 50% deposit.