Today was the day. Offically closed the doors.

[TAB]

The bk is offical as of today.  All assets have been liquidated.  Its kind of funny, while I am sad to see it go, I am also very glad I am done with the bs.   I guess I need to go get a job or something now. 

[Pathfinder]

Tab, sorry to hear this. Although you've been absent a bit, a few of the things you have posted indicated you were still in the game. Care to share some of what happened? If not, that's OK, curious more than anything else.

Good luck on the job front, esp. in kalifornia. Of course, with a hot Doctor wife, you could just be a house husband! 

[BAC]

Don't laugh.  I've been a stay-at-home dad with a young child.  It's not easy.

[jaybet]

Hey TAB, sorry to hear you packed it in, but we all do sooner or later. I was at a thing where a few of us ex builders were there, and one guy who was still in biz. We were razzing him for still beating his head against the wall.

Look into field work for architects and engineers and/or spec writing. That's where I went after biz and it has worked out pretty well.

[Solus]

Has to be tough, TAB.

From what I've seen, I suspect you will be back at something from another angle in due time.

Good time to catch your breath, enjoy your young one more than usual, and scope out what might work for you.

Take care.

[Sponsor]

[tombogan03884]

TAB, the 3 secrets to success in business is "Location, Location, Location".
You're in California.
This is the 2nd time you've been killed by excessive taxation and over regulation, rather than poor work or bad management.
Just saying.

[TAB]

Tom, it had nothing to do with taxes.  A state agency said we needed to be lic thru them. Only  none of thier lics covered what we actually did.  The ones they wanted us to pull would have actually been crimes to use in the maner we operated.  we would have won in court, but it would have taken years. look at the "did you miss me thread"  for some more details.    as to my construction company.  I closed that by choice.  The money was there, just not worth the head ache to get it.

[tombogan03884]

That was my point TAB, in other states you would face at least some what less meddling by State employees who don't know what they are talking about.

[twyacht]

Best of luck TAB, at least your not a San Bernadino, or Stockton, or Mammoth Lakes city employee, seems to be spreading pretty quickly out there.

Hey but Gov. Moonbeam ok'd the high speed rail, that will make it all better i'm sure....

any other states interest you? Although I like the house-husband idea...

[Magoo541]

My Father-in-law closed his high end lumber operation just over a year ago.  He had a great niche product and owned the only radio freq kilns in North America (the company that built them went bankrupt and he bought the rights) over a hundred people lost their jobs too.  He tried working with the banks to get the operating capital until construction picked back up.  No dice and it went into receivership, I think they saw million dollar kilns and a big pay day but they forgot the economic situation that put my FIL in their office was the same one they were going to make a quick buck in-NOT! 

Join the club of those of us looking for work, I am fortunate enough to still have a job but I'm hoping to be at a new job soon.

Good luck!