National Weather Service Warns “Scam Artists Stay Busy During Hurricane Season”. Scammers expect to make easy cash after hurricanes strike. It’s happened after each recorded Hurricane in Florida. Even before the water recedes disaster restoration contractors descend on Florida offering to quickl
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03/22/2011
Posted on March 15, 2011by Rosa Schechter A bill that would remove the State of Florida from overseeing and regulating a wide variety of business activities is moving through the Florida Legislature right now — and it’s so comprehensive that even the industry leaders currently subject to agency
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03/19/2011
HB 5005 the Florida Caveat Emptor Law. Caveat Emptor is Latin for “Let the Buyer Beware” (i.e., one buys at one’s own risk). The axiom or principle in commerce that the buyer alone is responsible for assessing the quality of a service before buying. This is the push from the Governor to reduce g
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03/18/2011
Why do we need a License anyway? I don’t know Consumer Protection maybe? That’s a question I don’t really get asked very often because we Floridians know the actual value of always asking for a valid License before hiring anyone. At the same time we Floridians are well aware that just having a L
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03/15/2011
Governor Scott is doing all that he can to provide Jobs to Floridians but some would say he is going about it in all the wrong ways. Ensuring that your Florida professional service provider is Licensed and Insured is the most important piece of information that the Citizens of Florida require fr
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03/14/2011
You have to be thinking the same thing I am. Who would want to repeal the current Mold Licensing Law that protects Floridians from fraud and scams? The current Law helps Floridians by providing them with a minimum standard that must be met ensuring that when they hire a licensed mold inspector
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03/12/2011
Fellow Floridians I am sending you this message in the hope that you will help prevent the repeal of the current mold licensing law by sending a personal request to NOT repeal the current mold licensing law to both your District Representatives and Senators. It is very important for everyone you
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03/12/2011
Finally, we have regulation in the mold industry. The mold industry had been an unregulated industry for many years and the citizens of Florida suffered as they were exposed to fraud, scams, and scare tactics. The citizens of Florida have been preyed upon by mold inspectors who inspect flood an
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03/09/2011
There was wide spread shock among the Mold Professionals, both inspectors and remediators, when Representative Grant introduced HB 4171 in an effort to repeal the current legislation requiring anyone providing mold related services to obtain a license to either preform mold inspections or mold re
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03/09/2011
The American Council for Accredited Certification (ACAC) requested that Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR) give guidance for those seeking Florida licensing for mold assessor or remediation - who missed the deadline for grandfathering - but have previously taken a
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03/04/2011