Starting a Handyman/Contracting Business? Steps to take and tools to get!

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Here are the steps to take in starting your own business. These are the steps to take in the state of Michigan. It will be a bit different in your state. Tools are subject to the work you want to complete in your business. Let me know what you did in the comment section below.
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Michigan Articles of Organization!
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@jd8618 6 ай бұрын

Keeping the site clean is very important. Super agree. Easiest way to PO a customer is leave a mess. Also must clean up before you leave even if you are coming back. For some reason guys don’t do it. Just waiting for a customer’s kids or pets to get cut or stuck by something and you are about to deal with a very upset customer. Also, must get to an appropriate stopping point. If you leave for the day during certain points of demo the customer may feel uneasy when they go to look at the process. I like to get to point were the project is at a stopping point, I usually then talk with customer and show them where we are and what’s next. This way if there any issues they get addressed before the next phase and it’s to late.

@hewlett260 9 ай бұрын

Can't believe an oscillating multi tool wasn't mentioned with the first tier.

@SteveAustin-jp3ev 5 ай бұрын

I agree

@christopherharpster9330 Жыл бұрын

So most of what I do currently is hvac, plumbing, and electrical. I'm going to start taking on landscaping, carpentry, and painting. I've done some small jobs such as patching drywall holes, vinyl siding, patchwork, ect. I've got a buddy who is getting into real estate, mostly buying homes on foreclosure and flipping to sell, so that's where alot of my jobs come from. My son is currently doing the landscaping side on his own, buy I'm looking to bring him on as my main landscaper. He's turning 16 but has taken his business through the roof! He bought his own equipment and flipped them, and has multiply residents as well as a few commercial places he does snow removal and grass on. I'm proud he wants to be his own boss like his dad

@NoL0NGERhumAn 3 жыл бұрын

Never forget the drop cloths and terry cloth rags

@fbanda20 Жыл бұрын

I literally have just about every tool you mentioned except cordless table, miter and HD hammer drill. I accumulated them from past three houses I’ve bought as foreclosures lol. This is the best video I’ve seen on startup of a handyman business. Thanks

@midgetmack5344 2 жыл бұрын

Best video I’ve seen on KZfaq about starting a handyman buisness 👍🏽👍🏽🙏🏽

@robertkerby2581 9 ай бұрын

Excellent video on starting a "Handyman Business"! Well done!

@qzetu 2 жыл бұрын

Every state has different handyman laws. You don't need to register or have a license or insurance to make money. That is all overhead that makes it much harder to get started. Check your laws first and see the amount of money you can make per job and go from there. Keep track of the money you make and at the end of the year, pay your taxes based on what you made. If you don't have experience in residential remodeling in the first place, you probably shouldn't get into this field because this kind of work takes experience. If you don't have the skills, go work as an apprentice with a handyman first.

@Djplank13 Жыл бұрын

Here in Virginia you can only do jobs less than $1000 dollars unless you have a contractors license.

@stoicllc2352 3 жыл бұрын

Make it easy on yourself and use legal zoom for $500. It’s worth it. Then contact insurance, lawyer, and tax accountant/bookkeeper.

@pepsi4menu 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video mate 👍

@zanderesp4295 Жыл бұрын

As someone who works out of their sedan and is my daily and only vehicle. I want to advertise my business but i don't want to put semi permanent stickers on my car , a better alternative would be magnetic ads. In you're in a neighborhood unload tour equipment and stick on the ad. Once your finished with the job loadup and remove it.

@mikeaustin1323 Жыл бұрын

Get a van

@scotthenry3401 10 ай бұрын

A combi drill can be used as a wratchet driver/impact driver by setting it to the hammer drill setting, its not as good but works in a very similar way, some finesse needs to be used though .

@wesleynelson1776 6 ай бұрын

The pricing has to reflect the area you operate in. I would have to drive nearly 150 miles to a town that could even possibly have enough people who could afford those rates and even there you wouldn’t find enough to stay busy. Not cutting you down just saying available customer base will greatly dictate what you can charge.

@allblackallblackandmorr8888 7 ай бұрын

Just invested in a track saw. I have everything else

@sleekautomotive 2 жыл бұрын

Ladders

@orienyeckley269 Жыл бұрын

I carry 2 little giant ladders with always plus ladder jacks and an adjustable plank…takes care of most jobs inside and out.

@joshuabennett7334 11 ай бұрын

I absolutely hate every cordless table saw I have ever ran. A 10 inch dewalt job site is way cheaper than a 8 inch cordless and it has way more power. I also haven’t been impressed with cordless miter saws. It is easy to run a extension cord

@UriValdez Ай бұрын

Im very skilled but Dont have experience def have some fears to start as to not knowing what types of jobs to do. What do you recommend me to start with?

@RenovationsandRepair Ай бұрын

Always start with what you know. What do you do now that you can provide as a service to customers? Start there and expand your skill set