The Capitol Connection is our weekly Q & A column for contractors that focuses on topics pertaining to contractor's licensing.
It takes ‘two to tango’ but only one can qualify a license if they make the grade! Another contracting business buyer wants to charge up his opportunity with a new license if he can pass the test in time, while I wrap with some ‘perspective’… Q: Our Qualifier just turned in his resignation. We have gone…
Here to help contractors get a ‘handle’ on problems, without blowing smoke. While some extended license opportunities exist in CA, the dry heat of AZ makes them disappear! Not mine, but let me answer one for ‘Dad’… Q: We acquired a licensed business and have applied for a new license using the Qualifying Individual who currently…
The answer is rarely just no. In most cases an expert answer can be found right away. Sometimes you just get ‘hammered’. In other cases, we really need to talk! Because finding that expert solution, the right direction, only works if I learn the whole story from you, often bit by bit… Q: I recently applied…
If you are unsure, best to ask an expert! Let me untwist a ‘monkey wrench’ for one contractor, and you might avoid testing in one place, but not another. Okay, you got ‘busted’ is there still a chance to get your contractor license?… Q: I am a Business Broker and I have a client who is…
Like sausage, they are making new law every day too! Contractors who fail to keep up could find themselves behind the curve. If you missed the change in NV this October that could be you. Life changes things daily. Change is just about the only constant you can count on and why having an expert resource…
Let’s break in with an alarming answer to get started. I will own up with an attorney asking a question, and help a General before wrapping up by opening a ‘window’ for an out of state contractor on siding… Q: Now that I have my “C-10” (Electrical) license, do you know if I also need obtain…
Big news for NV residential contractors at the end and adding your child to your CA license takes one firm or another. First, being ‘responsible’ to the buyer when you sell a contracting business… Q: I sold my business and I’m going to become the Responsible Managing Officer (RMO) for the buyer for a period of…
I share a CYA situation. Cover Your Assets, what did you think? Two birds with one form! License timing is second, and we’ll keep the last question ‘all in the family’… Q: I sold my contracting business as an asset sale, so my Company still exists, but part of the deal was they took the dba…
I will give one contractor an answer by the ‘numbers’. First a simple answer before things become real complicated because we’re not in Kansas anymore… Q: We need to add a “C-16” (Fire Protection) classification to our “A” (General Engineering) license. We are working on finding someone to sit for the exams. In the meantime, if…