The moment a contractor signs a contract is the moment your materials, your crew, and your margin are on the line — and only an outside check on the client tells you whether that bid was worth the call. TradeSafeJobs pulls the payment risk and the property/legal risk on a homeowner or GC into one read.
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Unpaid invoices on file
FlaggedState contractor board · complaints index
Open mechanics liens
ClearCounty recorder (statewide index)
Collections history
FlaggedAggregated small-dollar lien filings
Prior-contractor payment timing
ClearCross-vendor payment-timing index
A signed proposal cannot answer
How it works
Built for the moment a contractor is about to commit a crew and a materials drop — not the moment non-payment hits the books.
A homeowner, a trust, an LLC, or the GC’s name on the bid. Add the property address so ownership and permit history match to a parcel, not just a name.
County recorders, contractor licensing boards, surety registries, court dockets, and public-records aggregators — not a self-attested reference letter or a credit app.
One verification read with the source for every check. Two categories — payment and property/legal — collapsed into the verdict that decides whether you bid.
Sample pre-bid verdict
Payment risk and property/legal risk are checked independently and combined into a single Go / Caution / No-Go. Every line carries the source it was pulled from.
Mixed signals — review each flagged item and clarify payment terms before signing.
Payment risk
Unpaid invoices on file
Flagged2 complaints reported to the state contractor board in the last 24 months — both under $4k.
State contractor board · complaints index
Open mechanics liens
ClearNo active liens against the property from prior trades.
County recorder (statewide index)
Collections history
Flagged1 account in collections naming the homeowner entity — under $800, current status disputed.
Aggregated small-dollar lien filings
Prior-contractor payment timing
ClearAverage 41 days between job completion and final payment on comparable remodels.
Cross-vendor payment-timing index
Property & legal risk
Property ownership verified
ClearDeed of record matches the named client entity. No transfers in the last 12 months.
County recorder · deed index
Active litigation
ClearNo open civil cases naming the homeowner entity or the property address in the last 36 months.
State court docket (last 36 months)
Prior-contractor disputes
Flagged1 mediation case resolved with no payout in 2023 — kitchen remodel, scope change at the source.
State contractor board · dispute log
Permit & inspection track record
Flagged1 expired permit on the parcel from a prior deck job — closed by inspection last quarter.
County permit office
Who it protects
Three residential verticals where non-payment costs more than the job:
The deposit structure on a kitchen remodel covers materials. The remainder is performance risk on the homeowner. We pull prior-contractor complaints, payments splits, and any open lien on the parcel before you commit the install crew.
A deck bid is small enough to take on a handshake and large enough to write off when the homeowner disappears mid-project. The report pulls parcel ownership, expired-permit history, and any active litigation on the address — so the lumber order is not the moment you find out.
Flooring contracts turn on material cost — the order is the irretrievable spend. Cross-vendor payment timing on comparable jobs and any small-dollar collections naming the homeowner entity let you step off a tight-margin bid before the pallet ships.
“For a decade I have watched good contractors lose a season’s margin to a single client who never intended to pay the second draw. The signals were already public — there just was no one putting them in front of the bid, in the language a contractor actually uses.”
FAQ
Pre-bid check
Paste in the homeowner or GC’s name and the property address. Get a single Go / Caution / No-Go verdict plus the source for every line — before the materials commit, not after.