California Home Improvement Contract Requirements Under BPC §7159
Every contractor doing residential work in California has to build contracts around Business and Professions Code §7159. Skip…
Checking Preliminary Lien Notices Before Cutting a Check
I do the accounting at Inland Construction, a general contractor doing single-family homes, ADUs, and remodels in the…
Types of Preliminary Notices and How They Protect Payment
A preliminary notice isn't a lien. It's the step that keeps the right to file one alive. For…
Stop Notices: A Contractor's Tool for Unpaid Invoices
A stop notice is a way to force movement on an unpaid construction invoice. It tells the lender,…
Construction Liens: How They Protect a Contractor's Payment
A construction lien, also called a mechanic's lien, is a legal claim against a property that secures payment…
How to File a Mechanic's Lien: A Guide for Contractors
A mechanic's lien is how a general contractor protects the right to be paid. It's a legal claim…
The Preliminary Lien Notice: What It Is and Why It Matters
The preliminary lien notice is easy to overlook and expensive to mishandle. It's a formal notice that a…
How an Unpaid Supplier Turned Into the GC's Problem
A general contractor finished a job and paid his subcontractor in full. Then a supplier he'd never dealt…
Digital Invoice Approvals for a General Contractor
A general contractor was losing days to a simple problem: every invoice needed a superintendent's sign-off, and the…
Preliminary Notices and Lien Waivers for Contractors
On any construction job, knowing exactly who you owe and how much is what keeps payment problems from…