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Restoration: How to Manage Cash Flow While Waiting for an Insurance Check

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Even though the insurance company isn’t your customer, the property owner may be depending on that insurance check to pay for your work. To cover these expenses, restoration contractors need to manage their cash flow to ensure they have enough money in the bank — especially when the insurance company is dragging their feet.

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A Cash Flow Guide for Architects

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However, like any other business, you need to maintain positive cash flow or you may find yourself unable to pay your workers and other expenses. Let’s take a look at the basics of cash flow and how architects can budget their expenses and forecast their income to stay in good financial standing. Cash flow basics.

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KPIs for Architects: 3 Performance Indicators to Watch

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Let’s say the total cost of all business expenses is $150,000 (including salary, benefits, licenses, rent, insurance, etc.). Related: An architecture firm’s guide to cash flow. Without cash inflow, companies have no way to pay their employees and vendors. The direct labor cost is $75,000. Utilization rate.

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Unique Tips To Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

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Use Credit Cards - And supplier accounts to finance your new business and be very careful about what you buy. Insurance - Is critical to your construction company. Talk to an insurance agent that understands construction about your insurance needs. You say O.K. This is getting extremely stressful.

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New Contractor Business Start Up

Contractor Bookkeeping

Use Credit Cards - And supplier accounts to finance your new business and be very careful about what you buy. Insurance - Is critical to your construction company. Talk to an insurance agent that understands construction about your insurance needs. You say O.K. This is getting extremely stressful.

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We Reduce Construction Company Start Up Stress

Contractor Bookkeeping

Did You Use Your Personal Credit Cards - And supplier accounts to finance your new business and perhaps you were not careful about what you bought? Insurance - Is critical to your construction company. Talk to an insurance agent that understands construction about your insurance needs. You say O.K.

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How a Construction-to-Permanent Loan Impacts Contractors & Lenders

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When a property owner wants to finance the construction of a new building, they typically have to obtain two loans: one loan for the mortgage on the completed home, and another for the land purchase and construction expenditures. Failing to protect lien rights. What is a construction-to-permanent loan? What are the upfront costs?