Hiring Non-licensed Contractors

[Michael Fanoni]

Good morning, 

I'm going to begin a ton of cleanup/labor work at a property I own and I'd like to hire out a large portion of it. I'll be there the whole time, but don't have enough time to do it myself. I will be using local "handyman" type workers since the work is very simple and mostly hand labor. I am wondering what's the best way to document my payments to them since it's likely that they can't provide any official invoice and I will be paying in cash or check. Is a 1099 required?

[Karen Margrave]

@Michael Fanoni Let's get this straight, there's no such thing as a non licensed contractor, such a person would be called a handyman, or laborer. Contractors are licensed, period.