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  • Happy Birthday to Us: Licenses, Etc. Turns 10

    • April 4, 2017
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    licenses, etc.

    Here at Licenses, Etc. we’re celebrating a big anniversary. Our 10th anniversary! April 2nd marks 10 years since we opened our doors as a contractor licensing company. Since 2007, we have delivered the best service in our industry to contractors. We have helped thousands of Florida contractors get their licenses and form their new businesses.

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  • Use Right Words for Warranty Claim

    • March 27, 2017
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    warranty claim

    Florida’s Condominium Act requires that contractors and suppliers provide a warranty of fitness and merchantability as to work provided and materials supplied for condominium developments. So when the roofing work done on an association’s boat storage building failed, it called back the roofer who had performed the work. He tried unsuccessfully to repair the roof

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  • Info About Self-Reporting

    • March 17, 2017
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    self-reporting

    As part of a contractor’s responsibilities to the Board, he is required to self-report any crime, in any jurisdiction, for which he has been found guilty or plead no contest, within 30 days.  This is true for any charge, regardless of whether it was related to the contractor’s field of work. Most importantly, it is

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  • Is it Time for a Letter of Intent?

    • March 10, 2017
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    Agreements to agree are fairly common in construction. Parties decide to do business with each other, shake on it, and commit to sign a formal contract in the near future. Are They Enforceable? Letters of intent (LOI) can be enforced if properly written so long as the essential terms of the intended agreement – price, payout

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  • Congratulations, February 2017 Licensees!

    • March 7, 2017
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    licenses, etc.

      Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in February: Steven Coppedge at Total Electric LLC. in Sanford, FL Gregory Soucy at BOJ Construction LLC in Plymouth, MA Michael Bowman at R.S. Construction of Southwest Florida, LLC dba Ray Smith Excavating in Port Charlotte, FL Cesar De Luna at M & J Consulting Group,

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  • 2017 GEORGIA ANNUAL REGISTRATION SEASON IS HERE

    • March 2, 2017
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    Georgia Secretary of State’s annual registration season for 2017 is from January 1 to April 1. If your annual registration and payment are not postmarked by the April 1 deadline, you will be fined a $25 late filing penalty fee. To keep your entity in “good standing” with the Office of Secretary of State, it is

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  • IF YOU’RE ACTIVE, KEEP IT COVERED

    • February 20, 2017
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    compensation

    It’s no secret to contractors that when you’re on a jobsite, it’s extremely important to ensure that your general liability and worker’s compensation insurances are sufficient and up-to-date.  But, one thing that is often overlooked by new licensees, or even veteran contractors who are not actively engaged on projects, is that the State’s insurance coverage

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  • CONGRATULATIONS, JANUARY 2017 LICENSEES!

    • February 13, 2017
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    licenses, etc.

      Congratulations to the following Licenses, Etc. clients who were approved in January: ALABAMA John Wells at HJ&S Development Inc in Thomaston, GA FLORIDA – CONSTRUCTION Anthony Adams at Bair Air, LLC in Titusville, FL Stephen Coleman at Ferguson Enterprises, Inc. dba Ferguson Waterworks in Newport News, VA Paul Beattie at Beattie Development Corporation, Inc. in Cape Coral,

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  • GREATEST PROTECTION UNDER LIEN LAW

    • February 7, 2017
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    construction site

    The following article was written by Miami Construction Lawyer Alex Barthet and appeared first on TheLienZone. It was re-posted with permission. For more information about Alex and his firm, please visit www.TheLienZone.com and www.Barthet.com. Sometimes those performing work on a job site don’t easily fall into the category of a subcontractor or supplier. LABORER A laborer, generally defined as any person

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  • HOW ARE YOU ABLE TO LIEN A JOB WITH MULTIPLE DIRECT CONTRACTS?

    • February 1, 2017
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    revocation

    Growth through innovation/creativity. Rather than be constrained by ideas for new products, services and new markets coming from just a few people, a Thinking Corporation can tap into the employees.

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