Author: Marcus Reyes
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Palm Beach Contractors License: 31 Trades, County or State
Palm Beach County certifies 31 contractor categories under its own Special Act. Which one covers your work, what it costs, when it renews, and when the…
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Pasco County Contractors License: Register to Pull Permits
Pasco County does not hand out one contractor license. State certified holders record theirs with the county before pulling a permit, and everyone else sits a…
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Florida State Contractors Board: Who Decides Your License
The Construction Industry Licensing Board has 18 members in two divisions of nine, not the nine that ranking pages report. Here is what it decides, what…
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Irrigation Certification Florida: State or Local License?
Florida licenses irrigation work twice over, once locally and once at state level. The state certificate is voluntary, and it replaces the county card rather than…
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NASCLA Commercial Building Contractor Exam: What Is on It
The published content outline for the NASCLA commercial general building contractor exam, section by section, with the item counts that decide how you should study.
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Florida Contractor Continuing Education Hours and Deadlines
Fourteen hours, five mandatory topics, and two different 31 August deadlines depending on whether your license is certified or registered.
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Miami Dade Contractor Registration: What the County Requires
Miami Dade runs its own contractor licensing next to the state’s. Who needs a county certificate of competency, who registers for free, what it costs and…
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Florida Handyman License Requirements: The $2,500 Rule
No handyman license exists in Florida. What the $2,500 exemption in section 489.103 actually covers, what voids it, and where the permit rule cuts across it.
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Florida Business and Finance Exam Math: What to Memorise
The Business and Finance exam is open book, but an open book cannot do a calculation. Here is the split between what the approved references give…
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Contract Administration vs Project Management: Florida Exam
Sold as a bundle, scored separately. What Contract Administration tests, what Project Management tests, and why the same books do two different jobs.
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Florida Contractor Exam Reference List: Which Year Applies?
Two dated reference lists sit on the department’s page at once and neither says current. Here is how to work out which one governs your test…
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Do You Really Need $2,500 of Books for the Florida Contractor Exam?
A general contractor set lists at about $1,695, not $2,500, and Business and Finance needs only six references. Here is what each list allows, what it…