As an architect, you take pride in your work and when you deliver your product to a customer, you expect to get paid. What can you do if they don't pay you as agreed, even though you have already done the work? Contractors and subcontractors often use mechanic's liens...
Mechanic’s Liens
Mechanics liens can protect a business’s interests
Unfortunately, those in construction come across builders, developers, or owners who are unwilling or unable to pay their bills. Subcontractors, suppliers, architects, design professionals, laborers, and others may start or complete work or services on a home or...
Mechanics Lien, A Debt Collection Tactic That Contractors And Suppliers Ignore At Their Peril
Construction industry is one of the most financially vulnerable industries in the US with high debt rations, low profit margins and exponential debt recovery failure rate. One of the top reasons includes that many contractors and suppliers don’t have a strong enough...
Why File a Notice of Identification in Massachusetts?
A mechanic’s lien in the State of Massachusetts is a lien against real property created by statute. Its purpose is to secure a contractor, their subcontractors, and sub-subcontractors the right to payment for services rendered and material supplied in connection with...
Mechanic’s Lien Protects Lumber Supplier
A lumber supplier sells building materials to one of its customers at two projects. The customer fails to make payment. The lumber supplier calls us. Identifying documents which together form an enforceable a written contract, we immediately prepare a Mechanic’s Lien...