Your Handyman Today

By Jeanette Joy Fisher

If you’re new to the house flipping game, you’ve probably debated whether or not to hire a handyman to help with labor and expertise. You only have so much time, energy, and money, so that debate can be a long and intense one.

Let’s look at some of the pros and cons of hiring someone to help you flip your houses.

First, of course, if you do the work yourself, you’ll be saving that expense. However, if you have a regular job, that means working long nights and weekends to get the home ready to flip.

It will also take much longer than if you had someone else work on it fulltime, which means your profits will take longer to come back to you. Another consideration is your hourly pay rate. If you make more than Continue Reading…

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By Carl Brachear

My name is Dan Dodd. I am a successful Handyman / Carpenter / Contractor.

Several years ago I said “Goodbye” to a secure middle management job with a major corporation. I got tired of seventy-hour work weeks. I got tired of reporting to three bosses. I got tired of managing sixty people. I got really tired of never seeing my family and being preoccupied with work when I did, SO I QUIT.

JUST WHAT DO YOU DO?

When I first entered the Handy Man business, I was willing to do any small odd job from blowing leaves to caulking tubs. I let my skill areas and requests from customers define the business. I was starting from ground zero with no customers, few tools, a little experience and a lot of motivation. I took a shotgun approach to developing new business and customers because I had no real idea where my real niche was.

As you sit down to begin putting this new enterprise together it will do you a world of good to form a very specific Continue Reading…

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