Dangers of Unlicensed Contractors

From the ECHO Journal, June 2011

Cash-strapped associations are under constant pressure to cut costs. To those associations, the allure of an unlicensed contractor is great: on the surface, unlicensed contractors are cheap alternatives that offer the same product as licensed competitors. But potentially devastating costs lurk behind the sticker price.

In this eye-opening article, association attorney Timothy Smith explores some of the risks posed by unlicensed labor, and tells you what your association needs to do to protect itself from liability.

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