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In Florida, the following scam is common. A person obtains a bonafide General contractor’s license. Using technicalities, he avoids insurance requirements. (Th
by aj7 7y ago
In Florida, the following scam is common. A person obtains a bonafide General contractor’s license. Using technicalities, he avoids insurance requirements. (This is trivial.) He sets up an office in a strip mall or his home. Then, numerous unlicensed individuals work “under” him. He may or may not make a specialty of obtaining permits.
- nitrogen 7y agoIs that actually a scam? It sounds like a contracting agency.
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- threatofrain 7y agoIt also sounds like small office accounting.
- aj7 7y agoIt’s totally a scam, but it’s legal. If the entrepreneur has incorporated, he probably can’t be sued. What’s more, he doesn’t have to pay a penny in workman’s comp, because Florida has loopholes which permit multiple levels of “independent contractors” with only the top guy having a license, and a specific form letting the top guy absolve himself of responsibility for his “subs.” One guy got so good at this scam that he had a LinkedIn page and an IOS app you could download. Florida’s codes contain numerous devices like this. Most prominent is the “Notice of Non-Representation” that your buyer’s agent will get you to sign, just just just before closing.