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Contractors: the Permit Desk

Can AI pull the permits and collect the lien waivers?

Usually, yes. A signed job comes in and the desk builds the permit packet and chases the lien waivers. You submit and sign.

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Permit DeskSample firm, sample job
What came in
  • EmailSigned job: re-roof, single-family home
  • AttachmentSigned contract.pdf
  • County portalBuilding permit portal
  • SpreadsheetSubs and suppliers.xlsx
Nobody retyped any of it.
What the desk did 0:00
  • Read the scope from the contract0:18
  • Filled the permit application from the job0:52
  • Attached the license and insurance0:14
  • Listed the inspections to schedule0:09
  • Requested lien waivers from three suppliers0:21
  • Tracked which waivers came back0:04
Staff hours: 0
What came back to you
Permit packet: re-roof
Application filled from the contract
License and insurance attached
Lien waivers requested from three suppliers
Waiting on the ownerSubmit
This month, sample firm
30jobs permitted
30office hours back
$926of payroll not spent
Sample contractor: 30 jobs a month at an hour each of permits and lien waivers, at the BLS median admin wage loaded for benefits. Your numbers go in on the call.

One job, start to finish.

  1. Reads the scope from the signed contract.

  2. Fills the permit application.

  3. Attaches your license and insurance.

  4. Requests the lien waivers and tracks them.

  5. Hands you the packet. You submit and sign.

Where it stops.

These stay with a person, every time.

Signing and submitting.
A requirement it can't confirm. It says so, never guesses.
The customer, the inspector and the crew.

You win, we win.

Our monthly fee is about a quarter of what the work costs you now, set in your own numbers at the review. You keep the rest.

The next office hire

  • Every year they stay
  • Weeks to learn each county's portal
  • Out sick in the busy season
$47,540a year, before benefits

The Permit Desk

  • You keep the other three quarters
  • There's a minimum; the review tells you if your work clears it
  • Not running the agreed jobs by day 90? Cancel and keep what was built
About 25%of what the work costs you now

Wage: US median for secretaries and administrative assistants, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.

Start with a free review.

60 to 90 minutes, in your office or on a screen share.

  1. Show us how a signed job turns into a permit.

  2. Get a proposal in your numbers.

  3. Decide. It's good for 14 days.

Proof, the honest version

The packet above is a sample. Client names and hours go here when owners say yes.

Your data

  1. Yours, exportable any day.

    No fee, no notice.

  2. Your rules are a document you keep.

    Readable without us.

  3. Never used to train anything.

    Your files run your desk only.