Navigate Defective Work Claims for Residential Contractors
Whether it is for an oversight from a previous construction project, a problem that arose from your finished work, or something you are altogether unresponsible for, it is important to know how to proceed when faced with a defective work claim as a residential contractor. In this blog, we break down how to respond when faced with a defective work claim and how you can be preventative so that you don’t ever receive one to begin with.
Episode 20: Learn Your Liens, Texas!
Protect the money you are owed and protect yourself from fines and attorney’s fees if you file a lien incorrectly. In this episode of the Quit Getting Screwed podcast, Karalynn provides construction workers and contractors with a breakdown of Texas Lien laws.
Episode 19: Build a Blueprint for Your Life!
Karalynn sits down with social media sensation, Barbie the Welder, to discuss her journey from ruin to resilience in episode 19 of the Quit Getting Screwed podcast.
Tech vs. Traditional: How Trades Tech Can Get You the Gig
From allowing you to streamline your processes and enabling you to scale your business beyond what you originally thought possible to allowing you to have airtight legal support from your construction law team, implementing trades technology can truly elevate your operations as a construction company in today’s market.
Episode 18: Lien on Us and Collect What You Are Owed!
Learn about liens in Episode 18 of the Quit Getting Screwed podcast. What a lien does for those in the construction industry is that it takes your unsecured debt and makes it secure; it is an advantage that legitimizes the uncollected funds you are owed.
Episode 17: A Painting Contractor’s Path
Guest Torlando Hakes joins Karalynn to talk about the world of painting contractors, why mastering delegation is important in leadership, and the many professional and personal perks of joining associations as an industry professional in Episode 17 of the Quit Getting Screwed podcast.
Choosing the Right Trades Tech
In this blog, we discuss how using technology can not only make business easier to conduct but also how to make sure your technology’s advantages can also work to serve your clients. Not only do you want your technology to meet your needs, but you also want the software you use to work well with other technology you may use and to work for your clientele.
Episode 16: Lend Me a Handbook
In this podcast recap, learn about why you need a handbook, and what plethora of purposes they serve, such as employee misclassification, issues with behavior, misconduct, employee and jobsite safety, and more.
Episode 15: Safety First—Understanding OSHA
In episode 15 of the Quit Getting Screwed podcast, Karalynn discusses OSHA: from what it is to how it enforces its safety and health standards through workplace inspections.
The Evolution of Technology in Construction
Trades industry technology makes it easier to get the job, keep track of the work, and get paid in a complete and timely fashion. It is worth preparing your company for the future, making your processes work to your benefit, and joining the next wave of construction is a sure-fire way to accomplish both tasks.
Episode 14: When Pricing Isn’t Pretty—Increased Material Prices & GMP Contracts
In Episode 14: When Pricing Isn’t Pretty, Karalynn singlehandedly confronts every contractor’s worst fear (or at least one of them), returning to a project after material costs increase.
Episode 13: Better Bid, Better Business
Together with Karalynn, Jim Evans delves into how technology can be a massive asset for the residential contractor and what his software can do for them.