Love the video very helpful. I just started doing mobile work with my buddy about a year ago we do it mostly on the side but do have our llc and we are thinking about going fully "legit" the start of the year. Our main hold back was basically the running the business side of things, all the paper work and dealing with taxes. Luckily my friend who i just recently reconnected with after about 10 years is an account and has offered to help us with all of that. This video took a load off my shoulders as you are a one man crew doing everything i commend you for that. I am lucky enough to have a crew to help me run everything and will take full advantage of that. Keep up your hard work after all someone has to keep all these wheels on the road!
Loved the video but if you want to LOSE customers, let them find out you put their phone numbers online for everyone to see. You need to blur the customers info and repost the video. Glad you made the video though. Good info. I subscribed to your channel, keep it coming.
Cool..Advise..Definately have connections with reliable shops in your journeys out there..Dont throw your back out doing a job that a reliable shop can help you with..Connections are key to success....
I'm a truck tech, 26 years old, went back to school and have done about 2 years at a cat dealer and now another year at a bus fleet. I'm really considering moving towards independence. I know I'm not experienced compared to some but I know there is a lot of value in what I know and the skills I have. I appreciate people like you explaining how to make their business work for them. I really believe the repair world is moving more on this direction, and even if I'm doing wheel seals and breaking down tires in a farmers field I think knowing you are in charge makes it worth it.
I have to agree with you. I believe the independent Mobile world is growing day by day. On my local Facebook groups, I see more and more people commenting getting themselves into business, which is my competition, but I’d like to see that it gives me hope for this field. Depending on where you live for instance in my area if you’re very good with welding and working on caterpillars and stuff like that, you could be going out into a breakdown in the middle of a farm making really good money working on big tractors. So don’t sell yourself short if you’re good with big diesels and caterpillars go out there start making a name for yourself. Facebook is your friend. Join a bunch of groups in your area and when people post that they need someone start commenting with pictures that’s how I grew my company.
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR thanks for the reply. I'm out here in Kansas. Not very knowledgeable about equipment but there are a ton of farms and cattle operations with multiple semi trucks that pay dealership rates for all their repairs. That $200/hr might be worth it when you need someone to come out and machine your engine block, but I'm sure I can be very competitive when it comes to tires, brakes, electrical etc
@Ceedub3406. You have Diesel Bus Experience. I read you somewhere in rural. For your info in N.Y.C. Transit hiring bus Mechanics there is shortage of that. they make more than Bus Operators now 40.00?+ hr or perhaps $ 80,000 yr minimum plenty overtime to gross $100,000 some makes 150+K yr. I retired 4 yrs ago driving $ 50,000 pension if you start now at 26 you can retire in 29yrs at 55 w/ pension by that time $ 100K a yr for doing nothing. otherwise, I suggest you nearest municipal where you at for city job info or the closest city to your state could be next state. even Penske Trucking. don't go business yourself too much risk / capital you need besides rural less people/customers. good luck
Great content, I just subscribed. Do you wave the diagnosis fee if client decides to get the work done. I don’t, I feel is time already invested and the high cost of diagnosing tools. I like to hear your opinion. Thank you
Hey thanks for subscribing!! I’m with you there we do NOT wave the diagnostic fees at all. I feel most customers just need to be educated a bit and it usually goes over much better and I gain that Customer for life. I just explain that the reason for the fee is for my 20 years of experience and training to diagnose the vehicle correctly and to do it in a timely manner without issue.
Thank you so much for all this great information. How does tech metric work? I see you get discounted prices for part ? My dad has a mobile automotive business and I think this would be a great way to help legitimize his business a bit better. Thanks! Any advice on work truck looking to buy one soon , thinking ram 1500?
first thanks for watching! tekmetric is for tracking revenue and customer info like repair history and so on. it is good for understanding your margins for your tickets to make sure your making a profit. yes being a commercial account gets you a discount but these parts houses make it difficult they will most of the time sell the parts to the diy for the same price. trucks it depends what your doing. i had a f150 before my chevy 2500 it was too small couldnt handle the trailer well. so soze the truck for what your pulling.
yes and no. overhead technically doesn't include labor and other certain things typically. In this video i mention it as what i need to clear in order to pay all my bills. including my payroll and what i send to the irs for my w2 tax and my business tax. i have to say I'm very high on my expenses. so that 11k which is now 9k includes every single dollar that needs to go out. i list out all the things i pay for just not the amounts. The software alone for all my programs is a lot. someone can run a mobile service without all this and still be very profitable. but i wanted to be like a full shop and be more professional stand out from my competition and it worked out so far. and yes my labor rate is fixed at $120. the job times always change i use book time through alldata. thanks for watching and asking questions. i like answering and talking to viewers.
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR Thanks for engage with the viewers and open up on education. When a business is legit operated always yield profit, no questions on that. Be safe out there!
I'm confused as to why you aren't doing a single member LLC then you'd just be paying self employment tax on your net profit. instead of payroll tax and everything else your total tax bill would only be about 15%
I am this year last few years i was a sole proprietor because i wasn't dumb and thought i knew better. I still don't know much better but i have a good accountant now. thanks for checking out the video.
@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR So if someone is serious about this would you recommend them being a sole proprietor or create a single man llc from the get go?
@Motorcycle_Man yes I would recommend the Sole proprietor. Because I feel there’s too many expenses when you become an LLC. For instance, you have to do payroll at that point, and then you have to withhold taxes from your employee and then you have to pay a portion of that employees payroll tax out of business you might not get as many good tax breaks, but depending on how much you make, depending on if you should be LLC or not accountant, that can explain everything to you and show everything to you on paper I chose to be the sole proprietor because way less expense, but I ended up making way too much money so I ended up having to turn into an LLC to help cut some of the costs on Soul proprietor is easier to run than an LLC in my opinion
Which insurance? I have multiple. I have liability and a type of garage keepers. That covers me working on peoples cars and driving them. Found an agent that could get with under writing to make it happen. I have vehicle insurance written as commercial. And replaced on my trailer and tools. Written especially for what I have.
Love the video very helpful. I just started doing mobile work with my buddy about a year ago we do it mostly on the side but do have our llc and we are thinking about going fully "legit" the start of the year. Our main hold back was basically the running the business side of things, all the paper work and dealing with taxes. Luckily my friend who i just recently reconnected with after about 10 years is an account and has offered to help us with all of that. This video took a load off my shoulders as you are a one man crew doing everything i commend you for that. I am lucky enough to have a crew to help me run everything and will take full advantage of that. Keep up your hard work after all someone has to keep all these wheels on the road!
@YT_Revoltz
Man thanks so much or all that!!! Glad to be of help.
I fix 7 to 20 cars a week. I am 2 to 4 weeks out. If I advertised I would be too busy. I do have plans to expand but for now this is how I like it.
Good stuff keep it up
How do you find business? I'll be able to legally operate tomorrow but not a customer in sight
@@AdkinsMobileMechanicsllc it is all word of mouth for me. I do quality work for a fair price.
Google@@AdkinsMobileMechanicsllc
Awesome!! This is great!
@Motorcycle_Man
Thanks
Loved the video but if you want to LOSE customers, let them find out you put their phone numbers online for everyone to see. You need to blur the customers info and repost the video. Glad you made the video though. Good info. I subscribed to your channel, keep it coming.
This is by far the most useful video on this topic. Thank you so much man. I’ll stay tuned and subscribed forever
Anytime!! Thanks for watching and subscribing
Great video. It makes you realize how much goes into running a business like this.
Thanks for watching
Thank you sooo much for this info. Invaluable
Anytime
Cool..Advise..Definately have connections with reliable shops in your journeys out there..Dont throw your back out doing a job that a reliable shop can help you with..Connections are key to success....
I appreciate that. Thanks for watching. I do like to be able to network with local shops. I send people to them and they call me for help when needed
That’s very helpful. That’s good way to operate business. Respect!
thanks i appreciate that. thanks for watching
I'm a truck tech, 26 years old, went back to school and have done about 2 years at a cat dealer and now another year at a bus fleet. I'm really considering moving towards independence. I know I'm not experienced compared to some but I know there is a lot of value in what I know and the skills I have. I appreciate people like you explaining how to make their business work for them. I really believe the repair world is moving more on this direction, and even if I'm doing wheel seals and breaking down tires in a farmers field I think knowing you are in charge makes it worth it.
I have to agree with you. I believe the independent Mobile world is growing day by day. On my local Facebook groups, I see more and more people commenting getting themselves into business, which is my competition, but I’d like to see that it gives me hope for this field.
Depending on where you live for instance in my area if you’re very good with welding and working on caterpillars and stuff like that, you could be going out into a breakdown in the middle of a farm making really good money working on big tractors. So don’t sell yourself short if you’re good with big diesels and caterpillars go out there start making a name for yourself. Facebook is your friend. Join a bunch of groups in your area and when people post that they need someone start commenting with pictures that’s how I grew my company.
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR thanks for the reply. I'm out here in Kansas. Not very knowledgeable about equipment but there are a ton of farms and cattle operations with multiple semi trucks that pay dealership rates for all their repairs. That $200/hr might be worth it when you need someone to come out and machine your engine block, but I'm sure I can be very competitive when it comes to tires, brakes, electrical etc
@Ceedub3406 go for it start some where and you’ll change as times goes on. The business will evolve thanks for watching.
@Ceedub3406. You have Diesel Bus Experience. I read you somewhere in rural. For your info in N.Y.C. Transit hiring bus Mechanics there is shortage of that. they make more than Bus Operators now 40.00?+ hr or perhaps $ 80,000 yr minimum plenty overtime to gross $100,000 some makes 150+K yr. I retired 4 yrs ago driving $ 50,000 pension if you start now at 26 you can retire in 29yrs at 55 w/ pension by that time $ 100K a yr for doing nothing. otherwise, I suggest you nearest municipal where you at for city job info or the closest city to your state could be next state. even Penske Trucking. don't go business yourself too much risk / capital you need besides rural less people/customers. good luck
Best video I have seen on mobile repair ❤ thanks for the gems
@vmrobles21
Your welcome
New subscriber great video thank you for taking the time
Thanks for the sub!
I really dig the channel. I'm hoping you get more subscribers so you can get monetized.
Damn thanks!!! I hope so too. Thanks for watching
Great content,
I just subscribed.
Do you wave the diagnosis fee if client decides to get the work done. I don’t, I feel is time already invested and the high cost of diagnosing tools.
I like to hear your opinion. Thank you
Hey thanks for subscribing!! I’m with you there we do NOT wave the diagnostic fees at all. I feel most customers just need to be educated a bit and it usually goes over much better and I gain that Customer for life. I just explain that the reason for the fee is for my 20 years of experience and training to diagnose the vehicle correctly and to do it in a timely manner without issue.
I think the service trailer is much more efficient than vans or box trucks . Easier to enter and exit .
i have to agree. i feel i can just walk into it much easier then a box truck. thanks for watching
This is gold!!!
Do you service big diesel semi trucks?
Do you deliver fuel?
No on both just stick to basic everyday vehicles.
Thank you so much for all this great information. How does tech metric work? I see you get discounted prices for part ? My dad has a mobile automotive business and I think this would be a great way to help legitimize his business a bit better. Thanks!
Any advice on work truck looking to buy one soon , thinking ram 1500?
first thanks for watching! tekmetric is for tracking revenue and customer info like repair history and so on. it is good for understanding your margins for your tickets to make sure your making a profit. yes being a commercial account gets you a discount but these parts houses make it difficult they will most of the time sell the parts to the diy for the same price. trucks it depends what your doing. i had a f150 before my chevy 2500 it was too small couldnt handle the trailer well. so soze the truck for what your pulling.
11 thousand a Month of overhead for a one man on mobile operation? Is your labor rate fixed to $120 hr or vary per task?
yes and no. overhead technically doesn't include labor and other certain things typically. In this video i mention it as what i need to clear in order to pay all my bills. including my payroll and what i send to the irs for my w2 tax and my business tax. i have to say I'm very high on my expenses. so that 11k which is now 9k includes every single dollar that needs to go out. i list out all the things i pay for just not the amounts. The software alone for all my programs is a lot. someone can run a mobile service without all this and still be very profitable. but i wanted to be like a full shop and be more professional stand out from my competition and it worked out so far.
and yes my labor rate is fixed at $120. the job times always change i use book time through alldata.
thanks for watching and asking questions. i like answering and talking to viewers.
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR Thanks for engage with the viewers and open up on education. When a business is legit operated always yield profit, no questions on that. Be safe out there!
@jorgebolivar yes sir it does. That’s for the comments
@@jorgebolivar not necessarily, people go out of business because they're being legit. Taxes are so damn high.
What part of Florida do you service?
Marion county
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR awesome, I'm currently preparing for my start down in Polk/osceola
Go for it!!!!! That’s awesome.
@@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR yeah man im super excited!!!
Nice videos
I'm confused as to why you aren't doing a single member LLC then you'd just be paying self employment tax on your net profit. instead of payroll tax and everything else your total tax bill would only be about 15%
I am this year last few years i was a sole proprietor because i wasn't dumb and thought i knew better. I still don't know much better but i have a good accountant now. thanks for checking out the video.
@3TsMOBILEAUTOMOTIVEREPAIR So if someone is serious about this would you recommend them being a sole proprietor or create a single man llc from the get go?
@Motorcycle_Man yes I would recommend the Sole proprietor. Because I feel there’s too many expenses when you become an LLC. For instance, you have to do payroll at that point, and then you have to withhold taxes from your employee and then you have to pay a portion of that employees payroll tax out of business you might not get as many good tax breaks, but depending on how much you make, depending on if you should be LLC or not accountant, that can explain everything to you and show everything to you on paper
I chose to be the sole proprietor because way less expense, but I ended up making way too much money so I ended up having to turn into an LLC to help cut some of the costs on
Soul proprietor is easier to run than an LLC in my opinion
How do you get insurance for mobile mechanic?
Which insurance? I have multiple. I have liability and a type of garage keepers. That covers me working on peoples cars and driving them. Found an agent that could get with under writing to make it happen. I have vehicle insurance written as commercial. And replaced on my trailer and tools. Written especially for what I have.
Did you catch your vacuum? 26:30
Jokes aside thanks for the dope video and being open to a majority of things, and it really helped me understand what it takes
Nope it’s still on the loose daily. That’s for watching!!