Water damage sucks, but is a contractor’s license required to just vacuum it up? Our friends ‘in high places’ will appreciate another question and the answer that is ‘on the house’ as we also clarify rules on Nevada licensing in this edition… Q: My client is a water damage restoration company. They only do extraction and…
LLC’s, SSN’s and INS, oh my! We put a ‘finger’ on some issues with Nevada licensing to get us started on our contractor Q&A. Another contractor needs to avoid digging himself into a hole he can’t get out of, while we have a ‘yes’ and a ‘no’ for two others… Q: You helped our company with…
Like everything else, illegal contractors have become ‘hi-tech’ in their pursuit of unlicensed work. Consumers looking for deals online may find sorting the ‘good’ guys from among the unlicensed criminals will take more than a quick ‘search.’ While consumers may get a low price, the people they bring into their homes may not be worth the…
While you can ‘rent’ almost any form of construction equipment, that convenience does not extend to contractor’s licenses. A new CSLB enforcement effort is underway in determining who is ‘buying’ into qualifying licenses. Who can and can’t bid on public works is now being sorted out with a new online effort… Q: I am an…
Some things you can do for yourself, others require assistance and some just seem impossible, as one CA contractor has learned in seeking a license in AZ. With real ‘conviction’ in his plea, another contractor seeks to replace his RME, without losing the license… Q: I’m in the process of putting my application together to obtain…
Like holidays we get good feelings about and enjoy coming back on the calendar, it’s always a pleasure to hear from a contractor we’ve helped before. Especially when we can offer good news in response to the question. Another contractor wants to “C” about adding some class to his Inactive number, but first we dispel a…
Our first contractor is fishing for an answer to unexpected and unnoticed changes in life and law, while our second helps us in ‘opening a can of worms’ with his potential action in Nevada. Finally, our last contractor finds satisfaction in the answer we serve up… Q: We have a “C-61”/”D-51” contractor’s license that we’ve held…
While we get set to celebrate our American Independence holiday this July 4th, our first inquiry raises an important question about ‘independent’ contractors you may have also used on your job. How can a contractor be sure he is working with ‘independent’ contractors and not ‘employees’ on the jobsite… Q: I have read your column for…
A ‘suspense’ thriller has a happy ending for this Limited Liability Company (LLC) that begins our contractor Q&A. We save time and money for a ‘General’ whose plan was defeated by a single word. Our final Q&A helps plot the route for another LLC seeking a ‘foreign’ designation for their company… Q: Our LLC license is…