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

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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. Poor cash flow management is the number one reason why construction businesses fail. Plan out your cash flow.

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How to Avoid Running Out of Cash on a Construction Project

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Bigger projects require more materials and more labor, which means higher cash requirements. Contractors can take on more work than their cash flow will let them perform, leaving them scrambling for cash to pay their bills or their employees. But what about cash flow? Poor planning. Stuff happens.

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9 Tips for Starting an Architecture Firm

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Write a business plan. Writing a business plan forces you to think about the reality of opening your own firm. Creating a business plan helps you focus on the specific steps necessary to make the business succeed, and by setting clear goals it also helps you achieve your short-term and long-term objectives. This can be a shock.

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How To Negotiate A Higher Credit Limit With Your Building Material Supplier

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Contractors trying to grow their business and take on larger projects often struggle to manage their cash flow to purchase the materials they need. Many contractors use trade credit to delay paying for materials and keep more cash in their pockets. Provide a plan. Get more trade preferences.

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Accounting for Retention Receivable & Payable: A Contractor’s Guide

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It provides a financial incentive to ensure that the work is of appropriate quality and meets the plans and specifications. The invoice is recorded in the chart of accounts with a credit to the income account for $100,000, a debit of $90,000 to accounts receivable, and a debit of $10,000 to retention receivable.

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Construction Company Failure Root Causes

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Cash flow issues kill contractors even though they have profit. Sales tax liens against contractors twenty two times higher than any other business. Sales tax liens against contractors twenty two times higher than any other business. Poor scheduling affects production and cash flow.

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Process Dependent Vs. People Dependent Increases Contractor's Profits

Contractor Bookkeeping

Cash flow issues kill contractors even though they have profit. Sales tax liens against contractors twenty two times higher than any other business. Sales tax liens against contractors twenty two times higher than any other business. Poor scheduling affects production and cash flow.