2018 Exam Preparation Class Schedule

American Contractors now has their 2018 Exam Prep schedule available.  Of course, License Exam Services exclusively sells classes to our potential applications clients with ACES.  In all my years of exam prep experience, I am most comfortable with ACES for exam prep for our clients.  You can find the schedule for the Construction and the
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Can you trust who is working with your contractor license application information.

I wrote this over a year ago and this is definitely worth a repost. “There are several companies out there who have many years of experience processing construction and electrical license applications. Lately, there are several new companies or existing schools getting into the application processing game since the exam prep industry is becoming more
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September ECLB and CILB Meetings

Congrats to our licensees at the ECLB and the CILB Boards this month! Approvals on all 3 applications! 2 folks had some past issues which caused their applications to be reviewed, and one was for an Initial Unlimited Electrical license.  Of course, we spent time with each on the phone, prepping them for their appearances.
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Fictitious Name Renewal is $50

The Florida Division of Corporations has a section on their website https://dos.myflorida.com/sunbiz/about-us/consumer-notices/fic-name-renewal-notices/ about companies that send renewal notices in the mail for fictitious name renewals and charging $125.
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“Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted Books”

Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted Books" Buyer Beware. Contractor license applicants are continuously preyed upon by schools with false or misleading advertising. After construction applicants take an exam, there are several schools that send out emails and flyers offering to buy an applicant's used books for $400 or $500. They turn around and advertise those same books as "Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted..." What's wrong with saying they are used books? Why hide behind clever marketing? I guess they can justify the "professionally tabbed and highlighted" part because construction professionals with little or no prior testing knowledge highlighted heavens-knows-what....
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CILB Meetings and the Fear That Goes With

Florida Construction Industry Licensing Board Meetings are serious business, however, if properly prepared, you go in, attest to the information in your application, tell the truth and you should be fine –  unless you are trying to get one by on the Board and that usually doesn’t go well. When the Agenda for a Board
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