Construction Payment Blog

Mechanics Liens Cause Bad PR How would you feel if one day you woke up to find that you and your property were the focus of a targeted investigation conducted...

Last week, I published an article titled:  Are Your Mechanics Lien Rights The Best It Gets When Time To Collect A Debt?  It was inspired by a quote from Texas...

Attentiveness to lien deadlines is crucial.  It is important to keep in mind that even if you prepare and send your documents well before the deadline, they could be sabotaged...

Let me introduce myself: My name is Scott Wolfe, and I’m an attorney. I have first hand knowledge about everything that is wrong with America’s legal system, but so do...

The size of your company will determine whether this post is applicable. Figuring out whether a centralized credit department is a good choice only applies to companies with more than...

Are your receivables are a bit of an issue? Well, you are not  alone. Too many construction companies are letting their accounts receivable run wild, with some invoices extending even...

Arizona, much like other states around the country, requires preliminary notices to be sent in order to secure lien rights. Helpfully, although the Arizona mechanic’s lien statute is long and...

Mechanics liens (on private projects), and bond claims (on public projects) are far and away the most commonly used and widespread avenues for securing extensions of credit in the construction...

In my opinion, security is an important part of a credit policy and I often wonder why it is not more fully utilized when available. To this end, I have...

Mechanics liens have been around a long time.  In fact, they date back to at least the original construction of Washington, D.C.  The great thing about mechanics liens is that...