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Posted Date: September 10th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer What do you do when you find out your contractor did not pull the proper permits or pass the required inspection? You begin the mysterious process of Back permitting,...
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Posted Date: August 19th, 2025
Written By: David Volk Effective hiring, done right, is hard work. Your attitude towards hiring has to show it is important to you and that you will take your time to find the right person. It is...
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Posted Date: August 11th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer The best time for a property owner to contact a lawyer about a construction problem is before the property owner and the contractor sign a contract. Sometimes attorneys are...
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Posted Date: August 1st, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer A vague scope of work (Scope) in a construction contract can have far-reaching and costly repercussions, affecting everything from budget and schedule to client...
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Posted Date: June 23rd, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer Arbitration clauses have become standard in many home construction contracts, offering a pathway to resolve disputes outside of the traditional courtroom. While...
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Posted Date: June 11th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer Navigating Florida’s construction lien law can be a minefield for all parties involved. One of the most challenging aspects is determining the exact dates that...
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Posted Date: June 10th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer Attorney’s fees are a central issue in construction lien disputes, often driving litigation strategy and settlement negotiations. Traditionally, the prevailing party...
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Posted Date: May 27th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer In the construction industry, price volatility due to tariffs can significantly impact project costs and timelines. A well-drafted price escalation clause in construction...
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Posted Date: May 1st, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer As tariffs continue to loom over the construction industry and threaten to disrupt supply chains it is important for Contractors to adapt their contracts to protect...
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Posted Date: April 15th, 2025
Written By: Mark Siemer In the dynamic world of construction, the ability to predict and control costs often determines which projects are profitable and which ones are failures. Fluctuating...
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Posted Date: June 9th, 2021
Written By: David J. Volk | June 5, 2021 “It’s hard to soar like an eagle when you’re surrounded by turkeys.” – Ancient Plevich Wisdom Put differently,...
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Posted Date: June 9th, 2021
Written By: David J. Volk | January 5th, 2021 If you are always looking up and climbing, you are not enjoying the view. The climb is a path of challenges and dangers and effort after effort...
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Posted Date: May 13th, 2021
Writen by: David Volk | November 11, 2020 Do you surprise yourself from time to time by showing ability at a higher skill level than you thought you had? While there are a sad few who go through...
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Posted Date: August 18th, 2020
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | August 18, 2019 Do you have a competitive advantage in your marketplace? A competitive advantage is often obtained by ownership and...
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Posted Date: May 6th, 2020
David Volk, April 23, 2020 These are difficult times. Massive business closures, furloughs with no guarantee of re-employment, and firings. If you lost your job or you still have your job, but if...
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Posted Date: March 11th, 2019
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | January 7, 2019 How's Your Portfolio? No, not your investment portfolio. While that one is important, you have a lot more you are invested in than stocks and...
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Posted Date: October 23rd, 2018
Written By: Michael Dujovne, Esq. | October 22, 2018 What would you do if your real estate taxes on your investment property,...
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Posted Date: October 14th, 2020
Written by Beth Clause, Esquire | August 30, 2018 | Volk Law Offices, P.A. Is multi-tasking always a must? Most business minded people think so. As published in Forbes magazine in...
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Posted Date: July 15th, 2018
Written by: David J. Volk, Esquire | July 15, 2018 Why are you gonna do great this week? Because you are reading this and it will change your life in all aspects. (Aim high:...
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Posted Date: April 22nd, 2018
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | April 22, 2018 A gratitude mentality will bring you greater success and happiness. Why does that matter? How do you achieve it? ...
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Posted Date: October 14th, 2020
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | March 18, 2018 Simply put, you’re in big trouble if you are a perfectionist. I will tell you a little bit about how it affects you and...
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Posted Date: February 14th, 2018
Dear Job: Be My Valentine? Love my JOB? WHAT? (Read more.) Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | February 14, 2018 You can have more than one love and spread your love around. Don’t you...
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Posted Date: October 26th, 2017
Written by: David J. Volk, Esquire | October 24, 2017 We should view work as a sport where we continuously try to get better. Why? If you do not, you are a melting ice cube. Melting ice cubes go...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | August 6, 2017 Will it all come crashing down if we are away for two weeks? In most cases, no, it will not. If we fear it will, we have to...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
BY GEORGE FRIEDMAN | This Week In Geopolitics | JUNE 19, 2017 Technology is a major foundation of national power. Its uses are obvious. But the path from innovation to obsolescence is...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | June 5, 2017 You are not a special victim of the universe. Life is certainly, routinely, ever ceaselessly difficult. And we have to work hard...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | April 23, 2017 Since the readers of this blog are generally all high achievers, you might want to share this blog with...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
Stop Talking! Written by David J. Volk, Esq. | April 5, 2017 Studies show (or at least they should) that talking interferes with learning. This is about managing a task delegation...
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Posted Date: November 10th, 2017
Is This All There Is? Written by: David J. Volk, Esq. | April 16, 2017 There is something bigger and more important in life than our material success. It is faith in God. Many of us will always...
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Posted Date: March 23rd, 2017
Written by: David J. Volk, esq | March 23, 2017 Several blogs ago, I addressed the qualities of a good employee who is viewed as indispensible. This time, let’s look at...
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