{"id":22927,"date":"2025-10-27T22:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22927\/"},"modified":"2025-10-27T22:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T22:29:11","slug":"welcome-to-cape-coral-fl-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/22927\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to Cape Coral, FL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>October 27, 2025<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">The City of Cape Coral reminds residents to verify contractor licenses before starting any construction or home improvement projects.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">In Florida, it is a crime to work as a contractor without a valid license, and hiring an unlicensed contractor puts your safety, home, and finances at risk.\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">How to verify a contractor:<\/p>\n<p>Check that license numbers appear on business cards, ads, vehicles, and contracts.<br \/>\nConfirm state licensing on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/myfloridalicense.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">myfloridalicense.com<\/a>.<br \/>\nVerify business registration on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/Sunbiz.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sunbiz.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nCheck local licenses with the City of Cape Coral at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/department\/clerk\/business_tax_receipts.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CapeCoral.gov\/BTR<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">Warning signs that a contractor is not licensed:<\/p>\n<p>They ask you to make a check payable to an individual.<br \/>\nThey cannot provide proof of insurance.<br \/>\nThey are not willing to put a contract in writing.<br \/>\nThey request a large down payment before work begins.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\">To report an unlicensed contractor performing work within the City of Cape Coral, call\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/tel:239-242-3783\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/tel:239-242-3783\" target=\"_blank\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"3\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 0, 1)\">239-242-3783<\/a>\u00a0or email Cape Coral Code Compliance at\u00a0<a title=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/mailto:unlicensed@capecoral.gov\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.capecoral.gov\/mailto:unlicensed@capecoral.gov\" target=\"_blank\" data-linkindex=\"4\" data-ogsc=\"rgb(0, 51, 204)\">unlicensed@capecoral.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-ogsc=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/102725-Contractor Tips Warning Signs.jpg\" alt=\"Contractor Tips Warning Signs\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"October 27, 2025 The City of Cape Coral reminds residents to verify contractor licenses before starting any construction&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":22928,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":["post-22927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral","tag-cape-coral-headlines","tag-cape-coral-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}