Your money is in one state and your project is in another. A verification stack that tells you what is actually built, and a payment structure that acts on it.
One sentence in your subcontract decides when you get paid, and most subs sign it without reading twice. What a pay when paid clause really means, and the structure that makes it irrelevant.
The payment schedule decides who carries the risk on your renovation. Structure it around verified milestones and the biggest check of your year stops being a leap of faith.
The work that wasn’t in the contract is the work you’re least likely to get paid for. Here are five fixes that turn every change order payment from an argument into a scheduled release.
Board members ask how should an HOA pay a contractor because the money is not theirs. It belongs to every homeowner in the community. Here is the payment structure that protects it.
When your contractor went out of business mid-project, panic is natural — but there is a clear sequence of moves that protects your money, your property, and your restart. Here it is.
On a 10% margin, 10% retainage means you finished the job and haven’t earned a dollar yet. Here’s how to negotiate it down, track it like the receivable it is, and get it released on verification instead of goodwill.
An upfront request isn’t automatically a scam — but it isn’t automatically safe, either. Here’s the number that’s normal, the signs that mean walk, and the structure that protects every dollar.
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