Hi Everyone, Even though it is February, I have had to slow down quite a bit to address some critical health issues I have been experiencing over the last few years and had not been able to get a diagnosis or plan of treatment. But now I am back, healthier than ever now, and raring

Happy January! I hope everyone had a great holiday! The DBPR has now converted many of the Construction and Electrical applications into forms that you can fill out online with your DBPR online account. There are still some kinks in the system though; you cannot begin an application and stop halfway through; you have to

I worked at a school whose philosophy was, “It doesn’t matter if the student qualifies for their license or not; they can lie on their application like everyone else does.” This school also boasts an inflated passing rate, and their “professionally tabbed and highlighted books” are tabbed and highlighted by the receptionist and two boys.

We don’t take on every client we speak with. Often, we get calls from people who have taken the exam but do not have the statutory experience required by Florida law to obtain their Florida Contractor’s license. We do not want people who have no idea about running a construction business having licenses to work

Just gonna die laughing here on this one. One of the Florida schools that rents books boasts that their “Exam Ready Books” are “Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted”… What that means, according to their instructor(s) in the live class, is that the books are tabbed and highlighted by the owner’s grandkids, who are in school and

The Manatee County Building Department is now paperless. The new Online Services Portal is a pretty neat way to get all your permitting done. There are still some folks out there who do not Internet, so if you need to get set up in Manatee County or need help filing an online permit, you can