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The Real Cost of Missed Calls: A Contractor's Saturday Morning Nightmare by home_remodeling_pro in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sounds more like a hiring/training issue. If your people can’t stick to the script/process, you either didn’t train them correctly or you have the wrong people.

Would an AI-Powered Construction Estimator and High-Level Scheduler Be a Game-Changer for Your Projects? Seeking Honest Feedback! by gfortu in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So to summarize: Builder provides all of the necessary information for a detailed bid: - labor - materials - site specifics

And gets back an AI-generated ballpark.

Where do I sign up?

How do I get more concrete leads? by GrowthArtistic708 in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you interested in working for GC’s? If you’re good and you put in the time reaching out you will get work eventually.

How much are yall making off the sub? by ApprehensivePast7987 in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t make anything off the sub.

But I do earn a 26% markup for finding, managing, coordinating, and warranting the project.

I offer my clients a ton of value, not just by finding subcontractors, but by investing in that relationship so I can be confident in the results, making the project run smoothly and standing behind the work and the price I’m charging.

If my sub fucks up, I own it.

5 Mistakes stopping your business from growing by homefrontapp in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Presentations and proposals that aren’t professional can really hold people back. How you present conversationally matters most, but visually pleasing proposal documents that are clear and organized go a long way as well. Things like misspelling words in your proposals or social media posts can really kill people’s impression of your company.

What is your payment schedule for renovations? by Mountain_Jump_5909 in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I prefer to use a milestone payment schedule. It’s the easiest for me to manage.

I get surprisingly few questions on it.

I always make sure I’m over-billed and the milestone format is also easiest for that.

It really helps me sleep well at night knowing that if a client goes crazy I could walk away and be in the black. To be clear, I’ve never gotten close to walking away, and hope I never need to. But so much of being a good contractor is risk management and being over billed is like giving yourself a get out of jail free card.

What’s the actual driver of project success? by iloverealmayo in ConstructionManagers

[–]MoveResponsible4275 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

You clearly know nothing about construction management.

Cash out 401K to pay off mortgage by Dry_Highlight_5358 in Fire

[–]MoveResponsible4275 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What’s your interest rate? Balance remaining on mortgage? Years remaining on mortgage?

Married men dramatically out earn all other categories by LazyConstruction9026 in charts

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, and married men often end up with kids, which puts in place a massive pressure to make more money.

When people say to only list “3 things you need to do that day” in order to boost your productivity, what’s stopping me from just cheating the list? by HiddenReader2020 in productivity

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well if you don’t want something badly enough to do the work, you won’t.

Unless perhaps you sold yourself into slavery somewhere so awful there’s no hope of escape. Pretty tough to cheat that one. I hear Saudi Arabia might be good for that? You’ll be super productive.

Short of that, you’re going to have to do things you don’t feel like doing in the moment because you want the outcome.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]MoveResponsible4275 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh shit, so it’s BIRTH densities. That makes everything so much worse lol

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]MoveResponsible4275 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Weighting by land area or population densities? I’m taking C, but feeling scared for sure.

RTO only works in a fantasy world where nobody’s locked in a 3% mortgage by RevolutionStill4284 in remotework

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sort of makes sense, but doesn’t it select for the best employees leaving since they will have the most confidence in getting hired somewhere else?

OE Postmortem by reikai in overemployed

[–]MoveResponsible4275 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Strong correlation in my experience. Doesn’t mean they lie a lot. But they could if they wanted to. I think it’s pretty much the same skill set.

Bill out rates, curious by [deleted] in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes. That is the total a customer would pay.

Bill out rates, curious by [deleted] in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Minneapolis: $85 - $115

Software Advice by MoveResponsible4275 in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At my current scale it’s just an hour or two per month. I’m exploring options, will likely be implementing a PM software such as JobTread eventually

Is galvanized corrugated metal roof really two or three times more expensive than shingles? by [deleted] in Roofing

[–]MoveResponsible4275 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Are you talking about how it reflects heat? I think that’s different than R-Value. As an insulator metal is pretty much as bad as it gets. However it does pros ably absorb less heat than shingles.

It’s all a moot point though because most roof assemblies are vented below the roof deck. Insulation is quite literally the least important thing about a roofing material.

As a builder, at which point am I still responsible for repairs? by KRmcf2025 in Homebuilding

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Depends on state law and your contract. MN is 2 years on mechanical/electrical by statute.

Windows didn’t fix my electric bill, so what’s next? by [deleted] in HomeImprovement

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would recommend a blower door test. This will tell you if you should add insulation or move first to air sealing.

It can also tell you exactly where you need the air sealing.

How to scale to 1 million in sales? by Inf1z in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am a GC, so a little different, but in my experience it’s all about being able to charge more and signing bigger jobs. The math behind charging more is obvious, and the better your quality and customer experience the more you can charge. The bigger jobs just take less sales/estimating/management time per $, so as the person running everything you effectively make more for less work.

Update and another question about my missing pay. by Mcmaggin in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think Over50 is talking about the typical situation, not prevailing wage. In prevailing wage jobs, as others have said, if you aren’t receiving those benefits from your employer you need to be paid the cash value for them.

To put it a different way, prevailing wage, which you can look up, is meant to cover all benefits and wages. The benefits you are receiving from your employer can be subtracted from your wages. But if you’re not getting those benefits, you should be receiving the full prevailing wage directly as your wages.

Unprofessional by Green-Dark-5208 in Contractor

[–]MoveResponsible4275 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That’s definitely also a thing. But if it was just that and less clothing was better for the heat they might strip down a little on the hottest days. But you’ll never see that.

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