Baseball season is back and we go to bat today for an Arizona company, a veteran glazer and a plumber who pitches a ‘wet’ one. Unfortunately, by the end of the ‘game’ played here, readers will discover it’s three strikes…
For unlicensed contractors, or anyone who tries to play ‘fast and loose’ with rules that protect workers or consumers justice will prevail. From the SWIFT Investigators seeking to ‘sting’ the unlicensed to local prosecutors protecting their consumers, contractors must beware…
Attending conferences, CSLB Board meetings and other events important to contractors is part of my job. For many contractors seeking contracts and new bid opportunity also takes them out ‘on the road’… Q: We are a CA “B” General Building contracting…
When there is a question of what the law actually says people will try to exploit it to their advantage. This is important to both sides of a contract- consumer and contractor. A recent case prompted the CSLB to issue…
‘Work-arounds’, loopholes, or gray areas can sometimes be exceptions to the rules. But they are often looked for to avoid doing what is ‘business as usual’ as in our first question. Nice try but let me count the ways it’s…
Important updates you don’t want to miss, but first losing a family member is never easy, but our second question shows that losing their loved one was only the beginning for this contractor family. Although it’s not much, we do…
What can you do in Arizona that you can’t do here? We also help contractors with questions on LLC and foreign corporations, and we ‘raise’ the spirits of a Nevada company looking for work in California… Q: I have worked…
What work, outside your specialty, can you do? Our first contractor finds himself‘fenced out’ on a job he can rightly do. A demolition contractor helps us‘break down’ the new ‘asbestos licensing’, and we must ‘demolish’ the ideas of a partnership…
While most contractors have a grasp of the laws they work under, some of those rules really require an expert eye. Long-awaited in California, the availability of LLC licensing is not without some remaining rumors and confusion among contractors. Finally,…
While you can’t ‘clone’ yourself yet, it is possible for a Sole Owner to ‘multiply’ his contractor licensing opportunity. A short answer for a long question and good news from Arizona resolving an issue and updating our Q&A from a…