Licensing BS cost me $800 on a simple mini-split install, anyone else?

set up auto-renewal on that TDLR portal or you'll get nailed with late fees every time, had a buddy lose his license over it last year.

dont let that license lapse again man, i knew a guy who got hit with a $2k fine and lost his cert for six months over a similar glitch in the portal, couldnt work squat.

dont let that renewal lapse again, i knew a guy who got his license suspended over it and lost a $5k job to a competitor overnight.

man, that tdlr crap is the same bullshit here in texas, ate a $600 late fee last year and nearly lost a whole job over it.

goddamn state boards are a racket, squeezing us for every last dime while they sit on their asses. had a similar mess last year with tdlr dragging their feet on a permit renewal, cost me an extra $500 in fines and i almost lost the whole job over it. these bureaucrats dont give a crap about the real work we do, just want to nickel and dime us into oblivion. inspectors showing up late or not at all, and now the portals glitch out like it's 1999. it's bullshit how one slip-up turns pros like us into paperwork slaves. texas especially, with all the heat on hvac guys, they pile on the fees to make it hurt. we need to band together and push back against this crap before it kills small shops.

damn, that TDLR crap gets me every time, just shelled out $600 last month for the same renewal BS and it ate into my whole week's pay.