Sometimes there’s only one way around a ‘hazard’ in contracting. Another contractor gets an answer but still needs to, old-school expression, ‘drop the dime’ and talk with me. I discover I can’t answer the last actual question but can point…
Something old and something new! In the many years I have assisted contractors here I still get questions we have not answered in this space. Check out our other resource at cutredtape.com to see past Q I ‘man’ up on…
I have helped contractors in almost every state, but most often work with CA, AZ and NV. So, we begin and end this time with Silver State inquiries. In between, I also sandwich in two ‘slices’ from our Golden one!……
What’s old isn’t always re-‘new’-able but there is a solution! A patient father asks for an assist with a very determined, but so far unsuccessful, license applicant. There is one place a competitive complaint from a licensed contractor will get some…
I have covered the great job CSLB is doing with the restrictions inherent with Covid-19 guidelines. There are however some issues and the first contractor has discovered one of these problems. While your fingerprints are yours alone a ‘copy’ isn’t…
Let me introduce you to the new ‘Norm’ in NV and AZ. Meanwhile, in CA a reminder on changes to ‘qualifying’ for the old ‘Norm’. As we all learn to adjust in these challenging times it’s good to have an…
Like gum stuck under the café table, experience is best served when it’s all on the up and up. Being paid for work off the books might have you ‘stuck.’ Another contractor with foreign corporation changes will need to ‘advertise’…
When four is two in Arizona. A good example of the ‘variance’ from state to state license requirements. When can a contractor aid in the recovery and clean-up of property destroyed in our tragic wildfires? The CSLB is doing a…
Increasing the scope of your licensing increases the opportunity to bid jobs…generally! A “B” to be a “B-2” is a Nevada question. Finally, a General in the ‘Sunshine’ state learns he’s not “Golden” in California contractor licensing… Q: I have…
Zoom rooms, distance learning, mobile games, online shopping IM and VM’s are becoming more prevalent, but some things like ‘paperwork’ still rely on real paper! Another contractor needs to learn whether some ‘ifs, ands or buts’ apply to his problem. And finally,…