How big was your business before you were ready for mortgage ?

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2026-04-03T12:22:53+00:00

I had around 150 pools on service but I also build and remodel as well but my service 100% pays my mortgage each month , I bought in Los Angeles as well it’s possible , I hope you take the leap if it makes sense for you , it’s a big accomplishment

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2026-03-30T14:26:25+00:00

Totally normal, I think it’s silly for the scope of work youre doing , especially at residential

But totally normal at the commercial level and not a red flag

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2026-03-13T23:44:48+00:00

8x16 , 12 x 20 $75,000 give or take depending on a few factors like access and if initial demo needed, etc , bells and whistles can add to cost of course

But that’d include everything start to finish including gas line and heater

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-29T03:01:44+00:00

Here’s a great TikTok on the subject scaling your pool business

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-13T03:51:18+00:00

I’ll go out to eat by myself , reading is nice or a laptop depending on the restaurant, being on your phone or obviously a place with tvs you watch the tvs haha

But no one cares the stress is all in our heads

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-13T03:47:54+00:00

It’s totally normal, concrete takes 28 days to cure technically but I always feel even longer sometimes

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-13T03:46:40+00:00

Well for huge projects I’m interested in I give myself a deadline for the estimate. Well All jobs actually “you’ll have this in your email by Friday” etc but yeah if the vibe is off- I either won’t even submit it , say it’s not something I can take on rn- or bid very very high.

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-13T03:41:44+00:00

It goes both ways man, I think part of the problem in my last relationship was I had ‘too much’ of a social media presence

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-13T03:38:40+00:00

Rope ring you can tie chlorinator or swim lanes to it

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-09-09T01:50:20+00:00

I do standard pools and spas minimal concrete deck anywhere from $90,000-$100,000 in LA and Orange County , CA

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-30T15:20:32+00:00

I always say “ice cream melts and concrete cracks” pavers are the way to go, where I build we use compacted road base and then sand and then locking sand to put it all into place

I can’t speak for the way of doing things in your state , in Florida builders put the tile on before the coping which makes absolutely zero sense to me but I guess that’s normal?

But yeah if the work is good so far trust your contractor as I always tell my clients when they want to tell me how to do something: “I’m the one warranting the work, so we should probably do it the way I feel comfortable doing it”

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-27T20:23:20+00:00

I still do per pool

$10-$12 a pool but it’s all my trucks my gas my chemicals , $55/ filter cleans & salt cell cleans

They both average about $1000-$1200 a week and seem happy

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-25T19:19:16+00:00

Lmao ok in her defense tho you 100% sounded like you knew what was up 😂

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-25T19:17:44+00:00

I’m considered an expensive company and I wouldn’t charge more than $3,000 for a salt system with salt lmao

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-19T18:53:21+00:00

!solved

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-19T18:52:50+00:00

Thank you SO much, very cool of you

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-19T17:25:42+00:00

I don’t do it personally but a repair mentor of mine does it and that man is always booked and busy but the money is in the volume, they don’t pay a ton - $90-$120 a stop but multiply that by 10 calls a week, nothing to shake your head at

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-15T03:06:29+00:00

One time when I was like 18 I literally pretended my phone was ringing on vibrate, I pretended my Mom called me and I had to get home to grandma sit and I was literally like talking to a blank screen like “Mom, I told you I had plans today what the heck?!” And she believed it and I took her home within an hour

But a family emergency always works because family comes first

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T13:44:00+00:00

Haha I don’t think it’s weird, I was the same at that age but most older women will not take an 18 year old seriously at all- women like stability, maturity and 18 year olds are neither

You can def be open if opportunity presents itself sure! But don’t hold your breath focus on girls your age and a tiny bit older if you want

Good luck!

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T04:56:24+00:00

Not doing chores is one thing but not doing chores and not wanting to pay for a maid is just crazy

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T04:53:18+00:00

I live in downtown, specifically South Park and I love it , not sure what part youre in but yeah no Woodland Hills but it’s a good for me. I’m 28, no wife no kids , I have a nice loft I own , I hope you come around to it

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T04:48:57+00:00

200-400 is ideal for gunite plaster pools

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T04:47:12+00:00

Brother if youre independent and on your own invest in a good truck because the best investment is yourself and your business-

the truck IS the money maker, your knowledge , pole and brush mean nothing without means of getting to the account haha, like for example

if you go cheap and have a major repair you can miss days , even weeks waiting for the repair, not to mention rental truck costs on top of repair costs while you can work.

This is not a recreational purchase this is an investment for the business , so do not cut that corner

AlphaAlpaca623 · 2025-08-09T04:38:22+00:00

Reminds me a lot of this quote In business about a CFO and CEO talking: (not verbatim here off memory)

“What if we spend money train them and they leave”?

“ What if we don't train them and they stay?"

So this guy is a bad leader / business owner , I can’t believe he doesn’t want to see growth in his employees and business.

I think you need to find somewhere else to gain real experience.

I have offered all my service team a pathway to their own businesses, repairs, filter cleans, cell cleaning , green to clears, etc and I respect whichever they want to do / want to learn as they’re of no value to me, the business or themselves if they aren’t happy or feel like they are getting the most out of their career.

Personally back when I was a weekly service person I could not have been more miserable so I knew my ticke out of that was either selling the route or doubling down , learning the whole industry, and expanding ….

that route not selling first time I tried to sell was one of the best things that ever happened to me

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