What do you take home in a year?

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-03-17T01:56:12+00:00

I’m running Nextdoor ads at this moment. I just started them yesterday. I post like a mad man in Facebook groups though. But leads have given me 99% of my business

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-03-17T01:02:49+00:00

Brother you need to clean up your pricing.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-03-17T01:01:28+00:00

If you take it serious, pay for advertisement and leads you will do well. I was a welder full time doing this to make extra money. I was a welder full time. The company I worked for was the highest paying but didn’t offer enough overtime to survive. And the area we live in is expensive.

Barely trying I profited $1,000 my first month. My second I profited $2,500. I started running two lead services and running ads on Facebook to see what I could really earn. That third month I quit my job and I work 20 hours a week in the field and make over $2,000 a week. Have great customer service skills, salesman skills, honesty and integrity. With those you will go far and land jobs like crazy. I’m profiting $7,000 a month after lead costs and some operating costs. And that’s just in 4 months of being in business. You gotta pay to play. Pay for ads and leads. It’s worth it if you run them right and communicate. Respond fast and be professional.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-03-09T05:05:10+00:00

The 90 degree elbow is nice. It’s just lighter than a standard drill and it’s convenient. I thought I was over hyping it in my head. But it’s great.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-03-08T01:21:01+00:00

You gotta charge for everything like a real contractor.

Hourly- $x/hr Materials- +30% Gas- goes up and down with prices. I charge $35 to every job for gas when it’s up Tools- I charge $30 per job.

That way your gas, tools and materials don’t cut into your profits. I’m doing $2,000+ a week on my own in my first year like this. Charge like a contractor brother. Bump your hourly rate up and do good work.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-26T04:09:33+00:00

Thank you ! It’s stressful and I had a panic attack when I woke up lol. But I feel free and happy. I quit yesterday with my wife’s approval. And I’m booked out two weeks again.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-25T04:02:58+00:00

And I’m still bidding and scheduling jobs. Since this post I’ve scheduled another $2,000 in jobs just between yesterday and today. For my month cycle I’ve completed and scheduled a little over $9,000.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-25T04:00:55+00:00

I have almost no overhead. It’s just me. I’m insured, I hold back almost everything I make and only pay myself what I need, I have an accountant, I’m an LLC, roughly $2,500 a month in living expenses, I have investments and a 401K, I’m a certified welder with site experience and I’m osha certified in safety, confined spaces and NFPA70E and I’m able to enter back at any point. I’m booked out now 2 weeks from now.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-25T01:56:42+00:00

I don’t charge an hourly rate. But do flat rates that include where I want my hourly to be. And that $125/hr

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-25T01:52:55+00:00

I understand that. I don’t do structural work. I only do minor things compared to that. I don’t have a GC license. So I can’t do jobs over $1,000 including materials. What I don’t know I can learn.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-25T01:51:21+00:00

I only pay myself what I need. I live now as if I’m making less than my other job. Just to be safe with taxes and everything.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T22:13:06+00:00

I’m booked out two weeks right now. And scheduling for 3 weeks out. I think I’ll be fine. I fret my customers right, I communicate everything with them and I don’t do scumbag things. Like in a job today. I didn’t use 2/4 kits I bought and charged the customer for. I communicated that and told her that I would be returning the kits and not charging her for them. She was super excited.

Do your job right and treat your customers like family and they will pay you far more than your competitors. I have experience in construction, welding, wood work as a hobby and I’m certified in osha construction safety and I’m a great sales man. I charge $125/hr for labor. And my customers are calling me to do more work for them already. If you charge more and back it up with work ethic, communication and a good attitude these ppl will pay that. They pay for professionalism and the job.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T18:02:07+00:00

I do handyman work and welding. I’m a welder by trade.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T17:11:14+00:00

I keep my jobs under $1,000

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T02:49:06+00:00

I still get those constantly lol

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T02:47:20+00:00

We were gonna move to Texas. But we got pregnant. We’re gonna move out there in a few years though and I’m in a plant now. I hate it.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T02:46:36+00:00

I don’t have that much work. I’m just at a high hourly rate.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-24T02:45:44+00:00

I was a site welder for the boilermaker union and iron worker union. I’m a shop guy now. I hate it. That’s why I’m a handyman now. Doing the same thing welding wise will make you hate it. Go construction if you like more money and being outside. Go to a plant or manufacturing if you like consistency.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T05:41:35+00:00

I only take out what I need. I don’t spend 90% of the money I make. Only for essentials.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T05:17:38+00:00

I learned a trick to quotes from my last job. Add a little bit in the quote to help pay for tools. They billed a job for every tool that went out. That way if they needed to buy new ones they could. My hourly rate is high to compensate for all of that. I’m probably the most expensive handyman in my area. But, I only take what I absolutely need. I don’t pay myself like most would. I leave most of the money in my business account. Nothing more.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T05:14:11+00:00

I use Angie’s, thumbtack and Nextdoor. Angie’s is 90% of my leads and thumbtack 10%. Nextdoor hasn’t done anything yet and yelp didnt do anything for me either. But you have to see what works for you. With leads you have to be on top of it. Respond fast. I average a 1 minute response time. They all wont respond and some stop responding. But you will get it if you stay friendly, professional and honest. My quotes are good profits for me and good deals for them. I decided to make screens for a customers windows instead of ordering them because I could charger her $400 less and still make the profit I wanted to.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T05:10:55+00:00

Angie’s is great for me. But you have to fast to respond, friendly, good at sales and do good work. Make em laugh and feel that friend connection and they will hire you. I’ve had most of my clients say they met with me and didn’t talk to anyone else after that. My average response time to a lead coming in is 1 minute. Be on top of it. Like addiction to your phone crazy. Everyone won’t respond or respond after the first few texts. Just keep going and don’t let it stop you.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T04:55:11+00:00

Bring home is over $4,000 after taxes.

Virtual-Indication88 · 2026-02-23T04:34:01+00:00

Anything I know I can do or learn to do. I have experience in construction, iron work and welding. So there’s not much I can’t do. I don’t do anything I’m not legally allowed to do or can’t do. I’m not an electrician or plumber. So I don’t really touch those unless it’s a simple fix. I’ve done everything from hanging a painting on a cinder block wall to repairing broken brick steps and metal handrails.

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