California Contractor News

Marketing is important to every business’ survival, whether it’s for the local business up the street or the mega-corporation that spreads across all continents. Unfortunately, for the former, marketing is often put on the back burner, as a small-business owner has so many other things to deal with. Learn from your competitors As a small business,

As the summer months draw to a close, temperatures may not be the only thing cooling down. The U.S. housing market, which has been blistering hot for several years now, might be simmering down too. Have we reached a housing market peak? If you don’t think we’re already at that point, there’s talk we might

National median home price jumped to $265,000 in the second quarter—the highest quarterly median price in the history of the NAHB’s Housing Opportunity Index. Rising home prices and interest rates pushed housing affordability to a 10-year low in the second quarter of 2018, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity

Not all payroll providers are created equal. Variations abound in pricing, customer service, technology, and more. To help you figure out which one is the best payroll provider for you, here are 5 tips. Tip #1: Look for tax filing responsibility. Payroll tax errors happen all the time. In fact, the IRS issued 6.8 million

Step one is determining what may qualify as a deductible medical expense.  Qualifying costs, which include many items other than hospital and doctor bills, often amount to much larger figures than expected. Here are some items you should take into account in determining your medical costs: 1. Health insurance premiums. The cost of health insurance