The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
First, if you’re going to be an ‘operator’ you have to have ‘agreement’ on licensing. While we have had this question before it’s a new area for CA contracting that likely needs reinforcing with stronger ‘bonds’ and wrap up with what’s in a ‘business’ name… Q: We are going to be forming a new Limited Liability…
While a contractor can build almost anything time machines remain fiction and you don’t have a ‘license’ to go back to ‘when’ you used to be. Anyone can claim almost anything in our social media world, but the ‘truth’ is out there on file at CSLB for contractors who want to learn it… Q: We are…
Contractor’s law can sometimes make for some funny, even strange, changes when you reorganize, as you will see, logic does not always apply. Accurate, up-to-date documents are essential to ‘win’ bids or work, so you already know what happens when you take your eye off the ‘prize’, while we all learn a ‘secret’ about replacing an…
Like a broken ‘pinata’ after you’ve spilled the candy some time has to pass before you can take another ‘waiver’ and expect candy again. Another contractor’s ‘sole’ purpose is to continue working after his company quits! I also help an Oregon contractor make a good landing in taking a ‘leap of faith’… Q: My company has…
A contractor ‘stepping up to the plate’ for his first application ‘triples’ a question down the right line in seeking expert advice. Another interested in getting back to work discovers there is an extra step or two because of his ‘inactivity’. Like a rerun of Johnny Carson’s rerun of The Tonight Show’s fortune teller act Karnak-The-Great,…
New ‘recycled’ rules are being written and contractors are needed to help build them. To paraphrase Jagger, ‘while you can’t always get what you want, sometimes you can get what you need’ as a Glazer learns. While you can bet on almost anything in Nevada, your ‘finances’ are never in ‘play’ when applying for a contractor…
Like having a ‘ticket to ride’ you can’t bid without one. The ‘son’ won’t shine on the job without ‘insuring’ Dad’s safety ‘policy’ is in place. If you can handle the ‘truth’ there is a special alert for Veterans, as CSLB is looking for a few ‘good’ contractors… Q: You helped our company add the “B”…
A contractor decides his days as a Qualifier have run their course, so what now? First, Mom may or may not have the right idea. While ‘multiplicity’ was in a movie being in more than one place at the same time is still impossible in the real world, even for contractors!… Q: My son wants to…
Among the best advice I received as a kid was ‘documentation’. Keeping good records is important. For current and future contractors that’s also always going to be true, especially when counting on ‘experience’ in a license application. We also ‘incorporate’ a good lesson for all Soles to remember… Q: I’m going retire and my son wants…