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The Benefits of Recurring Payments for HVAC Maintenance Plans 

Recurring payments for HVAC maintenance plans help you plan your budget, ensure positive cash flow, and give your customers a higher level of convenience, more transparency, and greater trust.

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8 Ways Going Cashless Will Improve Your Contracting Business

If you want to improve your home renovation business, you need to make it easy for your customers to pay. A cashless business model can help.

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7 Tips for Seasonal Cash Flow Management for Lawn Care Businesses 

Managing your lawn care business’s cash flow is like straightening the kinks of a hose. Once you find the problem and fix it, resources start flowing again. We’ve got some tips to get you untangled.

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9 Proven Ways Contractors Can Reduce Late Payments 

Chasing late payments is challenging and time-consuming. To avoid this issue, contractors should implement digital payment methods. Find out how this works and why it’s critical to cash flow.

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Paid in Arrears: What Contractors Need to Know About Backward Payment Systems

Being paid in arrears means you’re being paid for work after it’s completed. Here’s a guide to understand if this payment method is right for you.

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How to Ask for a Deposit: The Contractor’s Guide to Getting Paid

Learn how to ask for deposits politely as a contractor. This contractor deposit guide covers best practices, legal considerations, wording, and more.

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How to Accept Credit Card Payments as a General Contractor

Here’s an overview of how payment systems work. We'll also examine the costs and how accepting credit cards streamlines business operations.

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Joist Payments & PayPal: Debunking 3 Common Myths

We’ve improved Joist Payments to make getting paid faster and easier than ever. At Joist, we’re committed to giving you the tools and resources you need to close more jobs and get paid faster. Why? Because we know you work hard, and we don’t think you should have to work harder by having to chase down payments for the...

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How to Win Bigger Contractor Jobs by Offering Homeowner Financing

How to Win More Jobs with Homeowner Financing Joist Homeowner Financing equips contractors with the ability to offer clients financing options to fund their projects. Thousands of businesses are already using Homeowner Financing to help their clients and win more jobs! Homeowner Financing is incredibly easy to incorporate into your business: FREE to use Completely optional — turn it ON or OFF any time you’d...

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Make it Easy for Clients to Pay with Joist Payments

Win More Jobs with Joist PaymentsLast year we launched Joist Payments, allowing you to accept online payments from your clients directly through the invoices you send them. We added this feature to the Joist App for 2 big reasons: Customers kept telling us they were losing jobs to competitors who were offering the client fancy online payment options, like credit card and...

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