Some people are big mad in this comment section Never been a better time for blue collar work Crazy part is some of my richest clients don’t work at a desk, they’re involved with construction Most people have no clue

Being the first estimate is overrated. The first guy is a price check. The second guy has the leverage. I just ask. What did the other guy quote you? Most times I can work with it and close on the spot. First guy never hears back. Ask straight up. If you don't, most times they won't tell.

Nobody gets mad when a lawyer makes 300k. A plumber makes the same and suddenly it's a problem. Wild.

I used to drop off quotes and literally run. Too nervous to talk about price. Probably the scarcity mindset from growing up. Asking for money felt weird. So stupid They called. They already want it. Crazy what was going on in my head back then. Took a while

We were doing a roof wash today another company was doing the roof on the other side of the same house same job. same roof basically asked the guy what he charges half of what I charge told him he could charge more he got kinda annoyed. said people pick them cause they're cheaper bro I'm booked out over a month at double the price I do 1 job and make what you make doing 2 less labor. less liability. less wear on everything people are just scared to charge more If you do a great job and provide a great service charge don’t be scared

Bro I take it back lol wtf It’s over Adessa

Biggest mistake I see business owners make: We want to do everything ourselves. Control it all. Save every dollar. We tell ourselves we can handle it. We can't. Last year I hired an office manager. Retention, reviews, profit. All went up. This year I hired a warehouse manager. Trucks ready every morning. Zero wasted time. Some things you don't need to pay for. But some things it's just plain stupid not to. You're not saving money. You're hurting yourself.

Just walked off a dealership lot. CEO visiting Sunday. Glass has to be perfect. We're booked out a month. My guys don't work weekends. He said he didn't care what it cost. So we're opening up the weekend. Rush rate for him. Triple pay for my crew. Found us on Google. Good way to end the week.

I'm not a doom guy at all but I will say this year you gotta work harder for the work I've talked to people in roofing, real estate, all kinds of stuff and a lot of people are holding their money back a little I got a buddy who only sells $10M homes in Fort Lauderdale and he told me there's basically no showings right now. I asked him if those people even finance and he said anything over 2.5 mil is cash So it's not that they don't have it. They're just waiting to see what happens I'm still booked out about a month and a half in both businesses so I'm not complaining. But with Christmas lights this year I had to be way more aggressive and I've had people tell me they want to spend a little less. That never really happened before Not saying it's over. People are just being careful So take care of your customers. Give them a better experience. Losing one costs you way more than you think And don't cut your ads. That's what everybody does and it's a mistake. Keep it the same or bump it up, you'll pick up some great customers while everyone else pulls back

Just pulled the numbers. I'm a little shook. Paid a media buyer for 6 months. AI beat him in 30 days. Same creative. Separate accounts I've hired 2 media buyers. AI is outperforming both. Wtf

Every rich person I've met had one thing in common. They had no clue what they were doing. Not at the start. They knew a little. Just enough to start. And they ran with it. Meanwhile I know broke guys who could teach a class on business. They know everything. And they still think they need to know more. That's the trap. The more you know, the more you doubt. The more you doubt, the less you move. Know a little. Move a lot.

second week in business I'm on a ladder cleaning this lady's windows door to door guys walk up knock on HER door while I'm standing right there squeegee in my hand pitch her ask what she's paying us say they'll do it cheaper looking right at me the whole time I was heated like bro I'm literally right here drove home still thinking about it then it hit me he didn't do anything wrong didn't lie didn't cheat he just wanted the same customer I wanted business is war we can be cool but out there unless you're my friend friend it's all fair game that day used to bother me now I’m glad it happened you can come for my customers I'll be coming for yours too

Competitor pulled up to quote the house next to my job today. Big house. He was on the far end measuring. So I knocked on the front door. Told her I'm doing the neighbors across the street. She called them right there. They said they were happy $5,000 He was still measuring. Sorry bro. Game is game.

hate admitting this. But I'm telling my son the truth. College isn't necessary anymore. I dropped out of high school. Figured I'd work for someone forever and make nothing. Instead I built a home services company. The gap is wild now. The opportunity has never been bigger.

Got a call to quote Christmas lights a yacht lol Bro I’m so poor

Got a call from an 18 year old today. No company. No trucks. No employees. He runs ads for home service businesses. People call him. He books the appointment. Or takes your pricing and books the whole job. All over text. Sells it to guys like me for $30 to $100. $25K a month. I'm still processing this.

I had to turn myself in to the city last year Over yard signs When I started my window cleaning business I was putting out 30 to 50 signs a day. Had every spot tracked Out till past midnight putting signs up, then cleaning windows at 7:30 brutal city spent months trying to figure out who it was. Eventually, had to go down there and tell them it was me $30K fine. They worked it down to a couple grand Those signs took me from 0 to 30K. Worth every penny

The bar is so low it's almost funny. Most home service companies take hours to reply to a lead. Some never do. The fix takes a couple hours. Have Claude or ChatGPT build you a simple Zapier or Make automation. Form comes in on your site. Lead gets a text in 30 seconds. Hey, this is [Name] with [Company]. Just got your inquiry, thank you. We'll reach out shortly. You get a text with every detail from the form. Everything saves to Google Sheets or Airtable. Ninja move: Daytime text says we'll call you shortly. After hours says we'll reach out first thing in the morning. No CRM. No developer. Just first contact in 30 seconds. That alone puts you ahead of most of your market.