Licensing
Reading a state licence requirement without guessing
What a state board actually asks for, and where the requirement usually differs from the one next door.
Field notes
Field notes from the trades.
Licensing changes, VA benefit updates, and notes for members running a residential trade business. Roughly monthly.
Recent notes
Verification
What a certificate of insurance has to say
The three lines a reviewer looks for, and the ones that most often do not line up.
Benefits
Post-9/11 GI Bill rates change every year
Where the current rates are published and how the housing allowance is calculated.
Apprenticeships
Registered apprenticeship, in plain terms
Hours, classroom time and wage progression, without the acronyms.
Business
Pricing a residential job as a one-truck business
Overhead, drive time and the numbers most new owners leave out.
Standard
Why we do not sell homeowner contact details
What happens to a project request after it is sent, step by step.