Ive taken your advise on scheduling by telling when my next availability is for the last 2-3 weeks and havent had one homeowner/tenant not accept that time slot. It has been a game changer for me. Thank you for the information
Everything he’s said was spot on that was great every thing he pointed out I’ve been working on .I got goose bumps when he’s really listen to those red flags when the homeowners are talking . Jeez it’s almost to the point you have to investigate homeowners before you can anything maybe it time home owners need to fill out a application 😂. Just want to say thanks you gave me validation .
I’m gonna be honest, I try to make my patches as perfect as possible regardless of the customers budget. May not be the smartest way to do it for my business but don’t wanna create any bad habits ya know. Always appreciate your content brother! You’re the man!
Thanks for another great video! Is it taboo to ask a PM what their maintenance limit is? Also I was thinking maybe you could do a mock interview when you are seeking a PM.
We could do an entire episode together on diminishing returns. I’ve spent so many extra hours trying to perfect a project to my level when someone isn’t even expecting that type of work…
Ray, I recently got Jobber under your discount last week and have been doing quite well learning the system so far. This first week, we already have got quite a few compliments. Thanks for the link! Also, I've been looking for the video where you share the services in which you have in there. I'd love to get a hold of that information so I can upload it and adjust for our market.
If you click on the link in the description to download my free documents, one of those documents is a CSV file. Download that file to your PC and then go into your Jobber account and go into products and services under settings and you will find a button to click to upload my CSV files. Once you do that, all of my custom line items will be in your jobber account.
When you subcontract a job, do you schedule with the tenant yourself or do you have the subcontracted handyman schedule? And do they have access to your jobber account? And when they show up, do they show up representing your company; for example, what if they have their own logo on their shirt and not yours. Id love to hear more about this concept.
1. Yes, they are expected to do the scheduling 2. They have access to my Jobber account but I set their permissions so they only have access to view or modify what I want them to have access to. 3. They are aware that they are representing my company but not expected to pretend to be an employee.
Bravo Ray! This video is excellent and I believe this is your best video to date! I watched the entire 1-hour video and every one of your proven strategies is spot on. There was only one thing you said that I think you might need to revise. You mentioned early in the video that if you need to bump up your prices, you can do it gradually by 1%. A 1% increaase on a $80 job is only 80 cents. If you raised an $80 job by $4 to $8, this would be a 5% - 10% increase. So instead of gradually raising prices by 1%, I would raise them gradually by 5% -10%. Other than that, I agree with everything else you said. I hope that someday I get a chance to meet you and say hello. Best of luck!
Howdy Bob! You're completely correct on that. I should have been more precise with my numbers but I wanted the main takeaway for the audience to be that price increases. Don't have to come in large jumps and instead they can happen imperceptibly over time. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I tried to have some fun with a thumbnail and it doesn't look like I did a good job at that based on the views up to this point, but I think the video is solid. I might create a new thumbnail for it this morning.
Also Bob, were you the one who was asking me about doing some work on a ranch down here near Sonoita? Someone was asking me about that recently and your name came to mind but I cannot find the communication in the comments or in my emails.
@@bulletproofhandyman No, that wasn't me. I'm mostly retired now looking for a new challenge. Even though I don't need to make more money, I'm looking for something new and interesting to do with my time. My background is in engineering, mortgage lending and real estate sales. I enjoy your channel because I am learning basic skill, using my hands, that I never learned as a young person growing up. By the way, if you ever decide that you want to grow your handyman business to a million dollars or more in gross revenue, I have some ideas for you that may help you. I believe the demand for handyman services is going to increase greatly in the future ... you picked a promising and potentially a very profitable career.
I'd love to have a talk with you Bob. I don't have any intent of growing this into a million or multi-million dollar company, at least not until sometime in the future when I have an office manager and some sort of superintendent to help out in the field, but I would still love to hear your advice. If you're not opposed, we can also record the conversation and get it posted on UA-cam so that others can hear your advice as well. But that's up to you sir. Please shoot me an email at bulletproofhandymanbusiness@gmail.com and we can set up a time to chat. I'm actually home filming and doing admin work today so today would be awesome, but whatever works for you will likely work for me.
@@bulletproofhandyman Hi Ray. LIkewise, I'd like to chat with you too. What I'd like to do first is create a written outline on the steps I feel are necessary to grow a profitable and scalable handyman business. I can work on the first draft this week and I will email you a copy once completed later this week. Once you have had a chance to review the outline, let's talk about it on the phone and you can give me your thoughts and feedback. I can call you next weekend when you are not working in the field to go over this plan, assuming you're available. I look forward to our call.
Ray I had a question and I hope you can find time to answer it. I watched a video where you talk about getting your LLC and domain name and everything and I can't find the video to rewatch. Can you send me a link to it please 🙏🙏🙏. You said if your domain name is available to buy it right away on the video and you talked about a bunch of other stuff I want to listen to again.
I wish I could pinpoint that video for you, but I've said that in quite a few videos. However, it sounds like you're talking about one of the first couple lessons for the master class. If you go to Bulletproof handyman.com I think you'll find the video that you're looking for up near the top.
Oh so one tip for dry wall patches I use power grab to glue the plug in with wood backer usaally I cut the paper back for ultra flush . One coat drys fast as shit and plus you can almost texture it with a sponge I’ve done patches in fifteen minutes plugged textured and painted .
My dr asked if I could fix her tile in her kitchen and how much an hour it would be. I told her Iid need to see it but she asked again and I said I try to make $100 an hour. Her jaw dropped and didn’t say another word about it
If you all extrapolate your prices out for doing mundane Labour work??, would turn a $300K house into a 1 million dollar Bullshite shyster endeavour. THAT?, Is a problem. Prices are already out of scope for the actual scope of work being considered. Especially??, when there is no shoppe related overhead. You-all are simply “Chuck’s-in-a-Truck” nothing specialised EXCEPT?? Being legends in your own minds.
@@taylorbirkey6304 Aspergers autistic INFJ (Meyers-Briggs). I’ve a BS degree in Biology & Nutritional sciences UIC ‘83 A BS in Theology Applied Hermeneutics DBU ‘86 MSCE, CCNA, Oracle DBA Cert’s. I’ve owned-operated-&-sold: A Culinary employee leasing Company in the early 80’s (before “computers”), A Catering Company in the late 80’s to the 90’s, A Mobile-Mechanic on-site Service (after hearing the horror-stories of people getting ripped off at the mechanic shoppes) late 90’s which segued into an actual Service Shoppe with 5 Mechanics, A Computer Networking Company servicing small business/individuals in the 2000’s, & A Mail, Package, Shipping Store-front presently, Oh & I help people with their small home repairs (Faucet washers & Toilet-stuff), remodeling, electrical, plumbing, & what-nots as a common human humane courtesy with reasonable down-to-earth AFFORDABLE fees. I certainly do not charge almost $300.00 to replace & paint an interior door…🤦♂️ Yous all are Cray-Cray stratospheric level legends in your own minds, still & I think it’s causing a lot of the eCONomic sickness going on today - INCLUDING too damn high prices for homes being resold on the market because of gigging-&-gouging by the service sector. Now go on with your “Boomer Blame-Game”…smh.
@ahmad like I said above my family is secure and well provided for. Mission Accomplished. Also you can't write multiple estimates, invoice 5 jobs, schedule another 5 jobs, assign new work to your workers, and update paid invoices in 5 minutes on a spreadsheet.
Ive taken your advise on scheduling by telling when my next availability is for the last 2-3 weeks and havent had one homeowner/tenant not accept that time slot. It has been a game changer for me. Thank you for the information
Crazy right!
Everything he’s said was spot on that was great every thing he pointed out I’ve been working on .I got goose bumps when he’s really listen to those red flags when the homeowners are talking . Jeez it’s almost to the point you have to investigate homeowners before you can anything maybe it time home owners need to fill out a application 😂. Just want to say thanks you gave me validation .
You're welcome!
I’m gonna be honest, I try to make my patches as perfect as possible regardless of the customers budget. May not be the smartest way to do it for my business but don’t wanna create any bad habits ya know. Always appreciate your content brother! You’re the man!
I totally understand that.
Thanks for another great video! Is it taboo to ask a PM what their maintenance limit is? Also I was thinking maybe you could do a mock interview when you are seeking a PM.
Not taboo at all. I would ask them if they operate on a maintenance limit model and then what the limit is if they say yes.
After seeing your kits I have started kits for me and wow is it a time saver
That's awesome!
We could do an entire episode together on diminishing returns. I’ve spent so many extra hours trying to perfect a project to my level when someone isn’t even expecting that type of work…
It's almost a deal breaker if someone doesn't figure it out.
Excellent points! I appreciate the education, it is already paying off. I thank you sincerely.
You're welcome!
Great video! Glad to see your channel has taken off. I enjoy watching. I appreciate the time you take to put out videos.
You're welcome! I'm having a great time doing it and I love the community that we're building.
Ray, I recently got Jobber under your discount last week and have been doing quite well learning the system so far. This first week, we already have got quite a few compliments. Thanks for the link! Also, I've been looking for the video where you share the services in which you have in there. I'd love to get a hold of that information so I can upload it and adjust for our market.
If you click on the link in the description to download my free documents, one of those documents is a CSV file. Download that file to your PC and then go into your Jobber account and go into products and services under settings and you will find a button to click to upload my CSV files. Once you do that, all of my custom line items will be in your jobber account.
When you subcontract a job, do you schedule with the tenant yourself or do you have the subcontracted handyman schedule? And do they have access to your jobber account? And when they show up, do they show up representing your company; for example, what if they have their own logo on their shirt and not yours. Id love to hear more about this concept.
1. Yes, they are expected to do the scheduling
2. They have access to my Jobber account but I set their permissions so they only have access to view or modify what I want them to have access to.
3. They are aware that they are representing my company but not expected to pretend to be an employee.
Bravo Ray! This video is excellent and I believe this is your best video to date! I watched the entire 1-hour video and every one of your proven strategies is spot on. There was only one thing you said that I think you might need to revise. You mentioned early in the video that if you need to bump up your prices, you can do it gradually by 1%. A 1% increaase on a $80 job is only 80 cents. If you raised an $80 job by $4 to $8, this would be a 5% - 10% increase. So instead of gradually raising prices by 1%, I would raise them gradually by 5% -10%. Other than that, I agree with everything else you said. I hope that someday I get a chance to meet you and say hello. Best of luck!
Howdy Bob!
You're completely correct on that. I should have been more precise with my numbers but I wanted the main takeaway for the audience to be that price increases. Don't have to come in large jumps and instead they can happen imperceptibly over time. I'm glad you enjoyed the video! I tried to have some fun with a thumbnail and it doesn't look like I did a good job at that based on the views up to this point, but I think the video is solid. I might create a new thumbnail for it this morning.
Also Bob, were you the one who was asking me about doing some work on a ranch down here near Sonoita? Someone was asking me about that recently and your name came to mind but I cannot find the communication in the comments or in my emails.
@@bulletproofhandyman No, that wasn't me. I'm mostly retired now looking for a new challenge. Even though I don't need to make more money, I'm looking for something new and interesting to do with my time. My background is in engineering, mortgage lending and real estate sales. I enjoy your channel because I am learning basic skill, using my hands, that I never learned as a young person growing up. By the way, if you ever decide that you want to grow your handyman business to a million dollars or more in gross revenue, I have some ideas for you that may help you. I believe the demand for handyman services is going to increase greatly in the future ... you picked a promising and potentially a very profitable career.
I'd love to have a talk with you Bob. I don't have any intent of growing this into a million or multi-million dollar company, at least not until sometime in the future when I have an office manager and some sort of superintendent to help out in the field, but I would still love to hear your advice.
If you're not opposed, we can also record the conversation and get it posted on UA-cam so that others can hear your advice as well. But that's up to you sir.
Please shoot me an email at bulletproofhandymanbusiness@gmail.com and we can set up a time to chat. I'm actually home filming and doing admin work today so today would be awesome, but whatever works for you will likely work for me.
@@bulletproofhandyman Hi Ray. LIkewise, I'd like to chat with you too. What I'd like to do first is create a written outline on the steps I feel are necessary to grow a profitable and scalable handyman business. I can work on the first draft this week and I will email you a copy once completed later this week. Once you have had a chance to review the outline, let's talk about it on the phone and you can give me your thoughts and feedback. I can call you next weekend when you are not working in the field to go over this plan, assuming you're available. I look forward to our call.
Looking forward to saving fourty hundred dollars 😂 💪😎
That's a lot of money 🤣
I subscribed to Jobber from watching one of your videos. It's great software and I think it was a good investment.
That's awesome @Norm. It will become a sidekick keeping you organized.
Ray I had a question and I hope you can find time to answer it. I watched a video where you talk about getting your LLC and domain name and everything and I can't find the video to rewatch. Can you send me a link to it please 🙏🙏🙏. You said if your domain name is available to buy it right away on the video and you talked about a bunch of other stuff I want to listen to again.
I wish I could pinpoint that video for you, but I've said that in quite a few videos. However, it sounds like you're talking about one of the first couple lessons for the master class. If you go to Bulletproof handyman.com I think you'll find the video that you're looking for up near the top.
@@bulletproofhandyman thank you very much I'll check for it. I knew I should have saved it but I kept watching more videos lol. Dang it.
Oh so one tip for dry wall patches I use power grab to glue the plug in with wood backer usaally I cut the paper back for ultra flush . One coat drys fast as shit and plus you can almost texture it with a sponge I’ve done patches in fifteen minutes plugged textured and painted .
That's interesting. I haven't heard of that
My dr asked if I could fix her tile in her kitchen and how much an hour it would be. I told her Iid need to see it but she asked again and I said I try to make $100 an hour. Her jaw dropped and didn’t say another word about it
Yeah they don't like it when you make more than them...
I use Jobber and would love to get your line items, how do I do that?
There's a link in the description for requesting my business documents.
Next video on how to accept brisket payment through jobber
OMG It's funny because it's almost true
SMASH THAT ,LIKE BUTTON
Thanks!
You forgot to mention doors and windows .
Let the beginner do the cheapest work.
💯
If you all extrapolate your prices out for doing mundane Labour work??, would turn a $300K house into a 1 million dollar Bullshite shyster endeavour.
THAT?, Is a problem.
Prices are already out of scope for the actual scope of work being considered.
Especially??, when there is no shoppe related overhead.
You-all are simply “Chuck’s-in-a-Truck” nothing specialised EXCEPT?? Being legends in your own minds.
My family is well provided for. Mission accomplished. You're allowed to feel however you want to feel about it.
casmige, have you ever owned a business?
@@taylorbirkey6304 Aspergers autistic INFJ (Meyers-Briggs).
I’ve a BS degree in Biology & Nutritional sciences UIC ‘83
A BS in Theology Applied Hermeneutics DBU ‘86
MSCE, CCNA, Oracle DBA Cert’s.
I’ve owned-operated-&-sold:
A Culinary employee leasing Company in the early 80’s (before “computers”),
A Catering Company in the late 80’s to the 90’s,
A Mobile-Mechanic on-site Service (after hearing the horror-stories of people getting ripped off at the mechanic shoppes) late 90’s which segued into an actual Service Shoppe with 5 Mechanics,
A Computer Networking Company servicing small business/individuals in the 2000’s,
& A Mail, Package, Shipping Store-front presently,
Oh & I help people with their small home repairs (Faucet washers & Toilet-stuff), remodeling, electrical, plumbing, & what-nots as a common human humane courtesy with reasonable down-to-earth AFFORDABLE fees.
I certainly do not charge almost $300.00 to replace & paint an interior door…🤦♂️
Yous all are Cray-Cray stratospheric level legends in your own minds, still & I think it’s causing a lot of the eCONomic sickness going on today - INCLUDING too damn high prices for homes being resold on the market because of gigging-&-gouging by the service sector.
Now go on with your “Boomer Blame-Game”…smh.
@ahmad like I said above my family is secure and well provided for. Mission Accomplished. Also you can't write multiple estimates, invoice 5 jobs, schedule another 5 jobs, assign new work to your workers, and update paid invoices in 5 minutes on a spreadsheet.