“Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted Books”

Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted Books" Buyer Beware. Contractor license applicants are continuously preyed upon by schools with false or misleading advertising. After construction applicants take an exam, there are several schools that send out emails and flyers offering to buy an applicant's used books for $400 or $500. They turn around and advertise those same books as "Professionally Tabbed and Highlighted..." What's wrong with saying they are used books? Why hide behind clever marketing? I guess they can justify the "professionally tabbed and highlighted" part because construction professionals with little or no prior testing knowledge highlighted heavens-knows-what....
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EXPERIENCED PROCESSORS; WHO HANDLES YOUR APPLICATIONS?

There is a huge difference between someone filling out a form and someone who understands the form that is being filled out and how the potential implications the data in that form can affect your contracting future... The person handling your application should have many years of experience and who was mentored by other experienced application processors with a proven track record of success. This is your license, your livelihood, your future.
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Sending a signed attest statement without seeing your application

So yesterday, when I was talking to a new client who handed over $900 to a licensing service to handle is grandfathering application and hasn’t heard back from them for over 4 months, something struck me odd.  He said that he signed the attest statement from the application, affirming that all the information provided in
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MISSING IN ACTION

We are aware of several contractors who have hired a service in the Orlando area to do their applications; the owner has been MIA for months. Please feel free to contact us if you are one of those folks who has paid money, including State fees, been asked to sign an attest statement without seeing
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Congratulations to our April Licensees!

Congratulations to our April Licensees on the activation of their Florida licenses: Steven Murphy of Commercial Service Solutions, LLC CAC-B by Grandfathering Ruth Haigh of Tropical Clean Air,  Inc. CAC-B Initial License Scott Moore of Cool Breeze Heat and Air, LLC, CAC-B Initial License Anthony Mills of Roof Partners, LLC, Certified Roofing Contractor John Theodore
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Congratulations to our March Licensees!

Congratulations to our March Licensees! Jesus Rangel of Cool Squad Corp, Initial CAC-B license Paul Scarpello of Retail Construction Advisors, Inc., Initial CBC license Jay Cunningham of Picture Perfect Pools Service, Inc, Initial CPC-service license Casey Morey of TTI Holding, Inc, Initial CBC license Johnny Pitts of Johnny Pitts Construction, Inc, CCC (Roof) Grandfathering (January
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