If you’re hiring a home contractor, you’ve probably heard the advice, many times — make sure your contractor is licensed, bonded and insured. HThere are a lot of reasons you’ll want to pay attention ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — Picture this — a contractor knocks on your door offering to use asphalt left over from a job down the street to repave your driveway. He offers a great deal, perhaps a price ...

BEFORE HIRING A CONTRACTOR. WE JUST. LOST $168,000. WE WE DIDN’T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO. SO FOR US, WE JUST IT WAS JUST SO SICKENING THAT HOW COULD ANYBODY DO THAT? RENE KUMAMOTO IS ONE OF HUNDREDS OF ...

We had a reader question why they need to hire a licensed contractor to do work when they can pull a permit and act as the general contractor themselves. It’s a good question because a homeowner can ...

A page on the Nevada Contractor Board’s website lists unlicensed contractors who the board says are repeat offenders in scamming homeowners. A head shot is included. The board says these bad actors ...

Wendy Utsumi, an attorney with the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs Regulated Industry Complaints Office (RICO), joins producer/host Coralie Chun Matayoshi to discuss when you can use a ...