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Originally Posted by MarkinNH
What Fantasy world do you live ?
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One without: Overhead, Payroll Burden, vehicle expenses, schedules, weather constrants and seemingly an overall respect for what it takes to run a business that cashes 20K a month in Revenue.
And Nvmbr9, before you jump down my throat about not knowing what I am talking about. The company I run, dropped your mark of 240K annually LAST Month YTD. The sixth year of my employment and it has been the slowest two years of the companies history. While staying busy for every single day of the year!
People think these industries are making more money than God. I beg you to jump in and try it, the water is rough and will scare you stupid at times.
Its one thing to make (insert whatever crazy number you wish) a month in revenue, but it is entirely different when you HAVE to make that to keep the lights on. Sure we could do without many of the things that cause overhead costs to run high, but it is not a service to our customers that would like to be able to call the person that performed the work in 5 years if an issue comes up.
Honestly, to the OP that was looking to perform some work this summer to make some extra cash. Go about it anyway you want to, but understand one thing. A customer that feels that they have been mistreated will give you more free marketing than you could ever pay for.
If you choose to operate as many fly-by nighters do than you will quickly gain a reputation as such, both in the professional circles and the consumer ones.
Good luck.