For sub-tier retail construction subcontractors
Your GC finished the big-box job. You still haven't been paid.
RetainePath helps sub-tier subcontractors navigate lien rights and recover withheld retainage — without a lawyer on speed dial.
Join the early list for RetainePath — built for subs who are done waiting on their GC to do the right thing.
Today
You finished your scope, the GC got paid by Lowe's or Home Depot, and now your invoices sit at net-90 with no response — and you're not sure if you even have standing to lien a big-box property you were never in direct contract with.
With RetainePath
You know your preliminary notice status, your lien deadline, and exactly what letter to send — so the intermediary GC knows ignoring you has real consequences.
Conceptual — the workflow RetainePath is being built to handle.
Without it
You finished your scope, the GC got paid by Lowe's or Home Depot, and now your invoices sit at net-90 with no response — and you're not sure if you even have standing to lien a big-box property you were never in direct contract with.
With RetainePath
You know your preliminary notice status, your lien deadline, and exactly what letter to send — so the intermediary GC knows ignoring you has real consequences.
We're building RetainePath to walk sub-tier subcontractors through the exact notices, deadlines, and documents that create payment leverage on retail construction jobs.
How RetainePath works
Enter your job details
Tell us the property owner, the GC above you, your contract amount, and when you finished — RetainePath maps your lien rights by state.
See your deadline calendar
Preliminary notice windows, lien filing deadlines, and bond claim cutoffs are surfaced in plain language before they expire on you.
Send the right document
Generate a compliant preliminary notice or lien demand letter addressed to the right parties — the ones who can actually pressure your GC to pay.
Straight answers
Can I use RetainePath today? +
Not quite yet — we're building it now. Early users get first access when it launches and directly shape what gets built first: which states, which document types, which workflows matter most to you.
What happens after I sign up? +
You'll get one short email from us within a week with a few questions about your current jobs and where you're stuck. Then you'll be first in line when RetainePath opens — no drip campaigns, no noise.
Who's behind RetainePath? +
An independent builder who went deep on sub-tier payment law and the specific friction of collecting from intermediary GCs on retail construction jobs. No agency, no funded startup — just someone building a focused tool for a real problem.
I'm two tiers below the property owner — do I even have lien rights? +
In most states, yes — but only if you sent a preliminary notice to the owner and GC within a tight window (often 20 days of first furnishing). RetainePath's first job is telling you exactly where you stand on that, before your window closes.
Get early access
Join the early list for RetainePath — built for subs who are done waiting on their GC to do the right thing.
You're on the early list.
We'll reach out within a week with a few quick questions about the jobs where you're stuck — your answers shape what RetainePath gets built to handle first. This isn't a waiting room; it's the start of the build.
Tell us a bit about your work so we build the right thing for your situation: