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

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Meanwhile, you’re incurring expenses that drain your bank account, like purchasing materials and paying employees. 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. Plan out your cash flow.

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5 Ways to Improve Cash Flow in Your Construction Business

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How individual specialty contractors handle these costs vary, but as the saying goes, “Cash is king.” From buying materials to hiring crews, business begins when cash flows. If you’re a specialty contractor who needs cash flow solutions, you’re not alone. Protect your lien rights. Get materials now.

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7 Things Contractors Need to Know About Retainage

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Construction is one of the hardest industries to manage cash flow in, with contractors often facing large up-front costs and frequent, long delays between expenses and payment. Retainage can cause a cash flow burden for contractors, especially subs at the bottom of the payment chain.

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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. Get materials now, keep your cash. Ask for it.

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Construction Payment Speed: Winners and Losers

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Our recent Construction Cash Flow and Payment Report took a deep look at more than 500 construction companies to figure out who is getting paid quickly — and who isn’t. Read more: How to Manage Cash Flow in Construction. But how well do GCs really fare when it comes to payment speed? The short answer: Much better.

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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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Managing Accounts Receivable in QB: QuickBooks for Contractors

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Contracts are almost never paid up front, so contractors provide labor, materials, and equipment on credit with their customers. Slow payments are a chronic problem in the building industry, and payment delays can quickly escalate into cash flow problems. Using QuickBooks to track lien rights on A/R.