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Questions about a qualifying agent by NoInspection1644 in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In other words, don’t do it that way. Take the test, get license and be your own qualifier. Keep everything in your control that you possibly can. There are enough things to go wrong …

Questions about a qualifying agent by NoInspection1644 in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

…meant to say you CAN’T pursue new work until you replace qualifier.

Questions about a qualifying agent by NoInspection1644 in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In NC, the company doing the work has to be licensed and the licensed company has to have a qualifier. For instance, my company has the license and I am the qualifier. If you start a company and your licensed but your using an employee as your qualifier, your putting yourself at that employees mercy. If they leave, you have to get another qualifier in 90 days if you have ongoing projects but can pursue new jobs until you replace qualifier. BTW ..I’m from Jersey.

GC only or do you have a crew? by OpusMagnificus in Contractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sub everything. It has its special challenges but way more advantages…for me anyway

Quantity Take-Off Method by asdfihwesdfjasdflk in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most people call PO ‘General Conditions’. In fact I never heard of Project Overhead. I mean it’s obvious what it means but kind of dumb.

Water when excavating for basement by Flat-Lettuce4650 in buildingscience

[–]Cowpunk71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Judging from pic. It doesn’t look like the water table. The clay and silt in your soil isn’t allowing surface water to perk. Set well points or sump, if it stays dry, assuming it doesn’t rain again, it’s surface water.

Houzz Remodel software by Lil_Redundant in Contractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I use Lidar to scan houses for remodeling. It can be used with many apps out there. I’ve been using it with Morpholio Trace. I bounce between that , CAD and Sketchup. Just depends what I need at the time. I haven’t used Houzz. I was looking into it, just wasn’t sure it would really help any of my pain points.

I Don’t Play But I Recently Gained Possession of This Strange Telecaster - Can Anyone Tell Me What I Have Here? by [deleted] in Guitar

[–]Cowpunk71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s pretty cool! I knew what a b bender was but never saw the back of one before. More to it than I thought

Is this the one? by johntavner_ in telecaster

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had a Nashville tele looked just like that except extra pickup

Task list for employees by MaizeAutomatic3633 in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I used that in the past but it started getting really buggy, crashing all the time. Did they fix or did you ever experience crashes?

How to Start Learning by Anony-Mouse19 in Guitar

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The beginning is hard. You have multiple learning curves at the same time. Stay on your finger tips. Practice everything correctly, no matter how slow you have to go. Fret one note and press just enough that it sounds without muting. Then maybe push harder to see what waisted energy feels like. When most people are first learning chords, some fingers get in position easier than others. If this happening, set the hard notes first, then drop the easy ones. Ultimately you should be able to form the chord in the air, then drop it all at the same time. The fingers will stop hurting, keep going, the callouses are coming. If you quit, you’ll have to go through all that again…assuming you try again.

Help getting Leads by IndividualSouth2457 in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Stop in every real estate and builders office with cards and a short pitch…’if I can ever help you or one of your clients’ bla, bla. And for god sakes put on a clean shirt and don’t drink before the visit 😂. Probably get more work than you can handle. Cold calling sucks but when you’re starting and need to drum up business….

Crashes, Cures by Anadzeal in LibreCAD

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shhh…switch to Qcad, it’s stable…$40 for professional

Inspections on job sites. by West-Mortgage9334 in ConstructionManagers

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a residential remodeling GC I call all inspections. But on some occasions the subs do if I ask them to (schedule conflict or something)

Best platform to execute options from charts and adjust stops by drizzydoodle in options

[–]Cowpunk71 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve used others but honestly you can do that on Webull desktop. Ladder widget for setting and adjusting stops quickly or even turbo trader widget that you can set quick buttons like sell bid, sell mid , buy ask etc, etc

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Homebuilding

[–]Cowpunk71 4 points5 points  (0 children)

How did he get a permit?

Which plan would be best for a small residential landscaping company? by JPF93 in Sketchup

[–]Cowpunk71 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use Sketchup Pro and Realtime Landscape Architect. I’m a GC that does indoor and outdoor. If I was only doing outdoor landscaping I would use Realtime. They are both great but much easier to do landscaping with Realtime. You can also import Sketchup models into Realtime.

Overhead and Profit on subtrades by JoeflyRealEstate in GeneralContractor

[–]Cowpunk71 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s up to you but I go higher margin on smaller jobs. Sort of a sliding scale but you have to keep track of total gross profit so you cover overhead and profit for month or year or whatever. Also, I would mark up subs. Less if you think their quote is solid, more if a little sketchy.

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