For tradespeople stepping out on their own – registering the business, licensing, insurance, pricing and getting paid. The step after the job search.
An LLC separates the business from you, but not your own hands from you. What the entity actually shields on a job site, the licence step that catches contractors out, and the signature that cancels it.
Three documents you can copy below: a work agreement for going direct with an owner, a subcontract agreement for when
Three sheets you can copy below: a loaded cost worksheet that turns an agreed wage into what the hour really
Three sheets you can copy below: a job cost sheet, a weekly time sheet with a column most trades leave
Three documents you can copy below: a time-and-materials estimate with a not-to-exceed figure, a fixed-price quotation, and an exclusions and
Most of this site is about getting hired. This page is about the other move – the one a lot
An invoice template for contractors is easy to find and mostly beside the point. The reason contractors get paid late
How to get a contractor license has no single answer, because there is no national contractor licence in the United
If you are registering a business, a registered agent service is one of the first things you will be sold,
