Covid-19 remains a drag on state agency missions, but the CSLB is doing all it can under the ‘work from home’ rules. Contractors remain on the job and Capitol Services remains at work to assist with licensing or other questions.…
As our first two contractors learn, having confidence in your business decisions comes from having an expert knowledge of the rules in the ‘game.’ Better to have an ‘ounce’ of prevention to avoid requiring a ‘pound’ of cure if you’re…
Not to laugh, every question has an answer that offers benefit in asking. Especially when it comes to contracting rules and regulation. Yes, working out of your licensed trade isn’t too late it’s better if you never. Another contractor makes…
A question from the tall timber falls on my desk. I explain the ‘stand-alone’ complexity of separation for a contractor and provide some ‘anxiety’ relief with an update on new law eliminating ‘crime’… Q: Can forest restoration projects which includes the…
As Bob Dylan sings, ‘the times they are a changing’ but contractor licensing law isn’t getting any easier! In our pandemic times knowing who, when and where you can work is critical, we ‘dig’ into an electrical question and share…
As our first inquiry shows us there is ‘nothing’ to replace on-the-job experience. Another license applicant learns what the cost of ‘unlimited’ ambition may be in Nevada, a reminder on fingerprinting rules and a ‘trick’ of the trade… Q: I have…
Law is written, but exceptions exist in practice and changes come from interpretation. Contractors already have at least one full time job, so expert assistance becomes your ‘hole’ card in avoiding mistakes. Our inquiry on HIS is a good example…
“Who you going to call?” If you’re a contractor, it won’t be the Ghostbusters. Assisting contractors for these many years I can go ‘faster than a speeding locomotive’ to get a final answer from the top! Did I just mix…
An ‘essential’ answer for contractors in a shut and ‘partially’ open case. Another contractor discovers that getting a test date, like a fine CA wine, is going to need more time to become ‘vintage’ as Covid-19 slows down the process……
While some contractors can avoid the ‘hurdles’ in renewing a license, others find more ‘hoops’ to leap through! I will help a ‘general’ divide and conquer, but first ‘wind up’ another’s issue… Q: I have been slowly winding down my business…