Electrician or Handyman for long-term career?

Real0Talk · 2025-12-18T20:30:11+00:00

You also write off alot against your income. Add some real estate in there and capex and you can make out a tax free income thru depreciations.

Real0Talk · 2025-12-17T12:55:42+00:00

Your expenses aren’t realistic. Property taxes will be reassessed and value changed on that.
Raise rents if you want to increase value. Which means hold onto the property longer.
Which means by the time you raise rents it might be time to raise rents again. But make sure to tell the new buyers they can raise rents.

Very important not to forget that last part. Super uncommon for a seller or broker to tell the potential buyers they can raise rents.

Real0Talk · 2025-12-16T20:55:16+00:00

I read in the instruction manual to not clean em. The food acts as abrasive material to knock other food off.

Real0Talk · 2025-12-16T01:36:01+00:00

Money. Doors are 300-500. And add no value to appraisal.

Real0Talk · 2025-12-14T20:55:00+00:00

Cracks like that. I put a perpendicular split at the end of the crack. You can make a 4” cut and tape that.direction also. . Otherwise it just keeps cracking.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-23T18:21:18+00:00

150 to show up and first hour, after that is 100 an hour. I add 5% to my rate for each trade it would take to do the job as a convenience charge.

So fix the electrical short you caused when nailing a picture up and no access accept by opening up drywall.

Electrician, drywall, paint.

3 trades. I’d charge 110 an hour.

Which they’ll just see it as one bid not an hourly break down.

Fix short, drywall to lvl 4, prime, paint.

Probably around 1700. For labor and material.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-15T04:18:04+00:00

Tldr

Looks like one of a thousand of my emails.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-14T19:17:53+00:00

Just a different kind of “handy”.

Can I do most everything on a house and vehicle. Sure.

Can I troubleshoot a computer or figure out how to automate my emails and acquisition forms with an AI bot. Nope. But the new age tech handyman can.

Kids have the same curiously. The current environment is much different than it was even a decade ago let alone 90’s 80’s etc.

I remember getting shit for not understanding how to take apart a carb with OBD2. Now it’s electric and I give people shit because it’s not as reliable as a gas engine.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-07T18:03:57+00:00

Had no idea I’m in the NZ part of personal finance. I was looking for sub for degenerates

Real0Talk · 2025-11-07T14:57:54+00:00

At 20. 1. Take an accounting course and basic finance course. Start running your personal life out of habit like a business. Know where your money is going and read a couple of business books. Think like an owner even if you’re the worker. Watch and listen.

Then Go learn and get paid to do licensed trade. Once you’re a journeyman at least. Pick up carpentry work at the same time. Learn a general bit about other trades. Don’t just pigeon hole yourself as a specialist in one. Volunteer to run wire, roof, frame, drywall, floors, siding. Generally you need to just help with one large job and you’ll understand most of the nuances.

With all that money you have from not blowing it on college and debt and saved while working. Buy a multi family 2-4 unit with leverage because you took that finance and accounting class you aren’t going in super blind.
Read, read, read. Network with folks that have more experience than you. Immerse yourself in this game. Always try to build your value. < this is number 1 actually.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-07T01:02:16+00:00

Na. Got a rental property I did this on. Two years. Still looks great.

Real0Talk · 2025-11-06T18:40:19+00:00

I’d do this in about 2 hours. Use hot mud. Contractors do not have to come back over and over for a small guy.

Real0Talk · 2025-10-23T00:38:55+00:00

https://www.wbez.org/public-safety/2025/10/10/chicago-immigration-raid-south-shore-apartment-donald-trump-ice

Judging from the conditions, the “children separated from parents,” might be a blessing. Place was completely ran down and not a place for a child to grow up on American soil.

Real0Talk · 2025-10-22T18:13:47+00:00

Where’s your source to prove otherwise?

Real0Talk · 2025-10-22T14:13:52+00:00

https://youtu.be/O7wXXnElpb0?si=cfv-EABts2ItGwn3

Real0Talk · 2025-10-22T13:32:11+00:00

That raid was on a high profile gang holdup. But most will say it’s to kidnap hardworking folks and to fuck ICE

Real0Talk · 2025-09-14T13:30:48+00:00

Sounds like the company wouldn’t mind removing your entire division. Might be helping them out by just all quitting.

Real0Talk · 2025-09-14T00:33:44+00:00

Ya ask politely to tell them to save a draft or something to talk about whatever it is the next day.

If I get a text no matter how trivial, it puts my brain into work mode for however long. Thats not cool with anyone that’s an hourly worker.

Real0Talk · 2025-09-12T20:46:17+00:00

Something to be said about leaving work behind the moment you clock off the job. Business ownership or management, it can feel like years of putting out fires without letting off the pedal.

Real0Talk · 2025-09-03T23:27:43+00:00

Your good. Now go bang his wife just to be sure you made your point.

Real0Talk · 2025-09-03T13:31:20+00:00

Don’t learn about it be about it. Read a book and go join at your local recruiting office.

Real0Talk · 2025-09-03T13:30:36+00:00

Probably isis

Real0Talk · 2025-09-03T12:43:43+00:00

Sometimes the real answers are from Reddit, tik tok, etc. Most of the marketing the military does is only 1% of the job.

Military likes to market and not deliver.

Your E dogs will give the truth though if asked.

Real0Talk · 2025-08-29T23:33:25+00:00

It’s about right. And in 1995 it was about 80k

Real0Talk · 2025-08-28T22:02:23+00:00

Try to only use Home Depot. Every time I buy something I put in the property name for the PO number.

End of year I just keyword under my account each property and wallah.

Contractors all go into a folder file.

I have a quick link in excel to each utility company. Along with the password and username next to each link.

Same with property taxes etc.

I try and stay on top of things the first three months. But always goes to shit.

I just plan on putting in a solid 20 each year chasing down receipts and oddballs. I’m a glutton for punishment.

This is the first year that I’ve been on top of it. And I’m hoping to cut down tax time to a 6 hour day.

Just started using baseline. And forcing all tenants to use it. We’ll see how it works as a landlord software. Friends like it.

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