A few months ago, we quietly updated the LienPilot to allow users to set up “Locations” within their LienPilot account, and thereby order mechanics liens, preliminary notices and other documents from different office branches or even under different entity names. A support article explaining how to set up Locations or Alternative Business Names is available [...]
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Georgia Mechanics Lien: When Should You File?
I must give a hat tip to the Cobb Law Group and their great Georgia Construction and Lien Law Blog for a really terrific post two weeks ago titled: When Should A Mechanics’ Lien or Materialmen’s Lien Be Filed in Georgia. I highly recommend heading over to their blog to read this post, which offers [...]
The Material Supplier’s Guide To Creating A Mechanics Lien Policy
Here I present a short guide to material suppliers on creating a Mechanics Lien Policy for your company, ending with a sample policy for free download. What Is A Credit Policy? A Mechanics Lien Policy? According to businessdictionary.com, a credit policy is: Clear, written guidelines that set (1) the terms and conditions for supplying goods [...]
Use Zlien And The Lien Laws To Reduce Your Bad Debt in 2012
As the holiday season winds down and 2012 approaches, everyone in the construction industry is looking back on the fiscal successes and failures from 2011, and making plans for the new year. Many businesses will be staring at a mound of “bad debt,” which may be written off when tax time approaches this spring. You [...]
Adding Contacts Made Easier In The LienPilot
We made a small improvement to the LienPilot last week in how project contacts are added to your database. Previously, after pressing the “Add Contact” link, the user was directed to a second page where the contact information was requested. When the contact information was entered, the user was brought back to the project’s contact [...]
Managing and Ordering Documents When Your Company Has Multiple Locations or Brand Names
Since our service is especially talented in helping companies manage and file preliminary notices and mechanic liens in multiple states across the country, a lot of our clients have more than one physical location. Sometimes, companies will often have multiple brand names as well, or a number of parent, sister and subsidiary companies. We’re asked: [...]
Chasing Storms For Construction Work? Be Sure To Protect Your Lien Rights
Hurricane Irene in the Northeast, Tropical Storm Lee in the Gulf South…the meteorologist are working around the clock, insurance adjusters are on the move, and its quite clear that we’re at the peak of the 2011 hurricane season. While it’s never good to hear about folks losing their homes and damages to our infrastructure, there [...]
Monitor Deadlines And Send All Required Notices for $28 Per Project (Or Less)
Yesterday, we wrote an article titled “4 Reasons Why It’s Smart To Outsource Your Preliminary Notice Work,” which discussed some reasons why outsourcing makes sense for construction and material supply companies who need to send preliminary notices to preserve their lien rights. Today, we’re going to get specific, and explain how simple and inexpensive it [...]
FAQ: Can I File A Lien If I Didn’t Deliver A Preliminary Notice?
Short Answer: If you were required to deliver a preliminary notice, no. If you weren’t so required yes. And, if you were required, but you only very recently furnished your labor or materials, you may still have a chance. Long Answer: Preliminary notices are very, very important to subcontractors and material suppliers all across the [...]
Finally, All Of Your Mechanic Lien Deadlines In One Place
A few months ago I posted: Visual Calendar Shows You When Liens and Notices Are Due. This was a decent post that introduced a new LienPilot feature, but in retrospect, it really did a poor job showing our readers the benefits of this new feature. What’s so special about this Calendar? The LienPilot can calculate [...]
Help Videos Added to Guide You Through Calculation of Lien Deadlines in the LienPilot
We’ve added some video tutorials to the LienPilot’s navigation bar. When logged into the LienPilot, you can click on the YouTube Help Video icon to display a video designed to help you with that particular screen. You can also watch the videos on our YouTube Page (where we’ll be adding more videos soon), or by [...]
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