From age twelve I spent my summers and weekends working with my dad, a general contractor, building homes and buildings. I contracted my first home at age nineteen and built my own home by age twenty.
I’ve operated one-person businesses for more than 30 years. Twelve years of my life were spent working for local government managing federally-funded housing programs. I started as an inspector with a three month assignment and left as Director of Community Improvement with 78 employees twelve years later to do writing and consulting.
Writing, Publishing and Consulting
I established Rehab Notes Library, a publishing company that published a monthly newsletter (Rehab Notes) with subscribers in all 50 states, Canada and England and nine books on housing related topics. I also did consulting and public speaking on housing related topics for agencies and organizations in cities across the country.
After 1980 when most federal funding was pulled from housing activities, I took advantage of my construction and business experience and started a handyman and woodworking business.
Over Twenty-Five Years of Woodworking
For over twenty-five years, first in Tampa, Florida and then in Austin, Texas, I built hundreds of small and large cabinet and furniture projects for individuals, companies and government agencies. During these years I began writing books about my experiences.
Positive Publishing
My company, Positive Imaging, LLC at http://positive-imaging.com, does what I call positive publishing for my books and the books of other authors. To date I've published over a hundred print and ebooks and presently have several books in various levels of completion.
When the economy crashed in 2008, millions lost jobs, many struggled for years and things got bad again in 2020 during this pandemic and many are still struggling to catch up either without jobs or with low-paying jobs. Unemployment figures are much improved now, but that's deceiving because many are still working two or more jobs to make ends meet. Some companies are still struggling while others are trying to reduce cost and increase profit by replacing jobs with technology. And, once the job is gone, the money stops. Unlike jobs, the handyman business is here to stay. As long as there are homes, apartments, offices, and other buildings, repairs will be needed, and you can do them with limited skills and tools.
I faced having dwindling savings and no time to find a job. I didn't own a truck, but I purchased and outfitted a small trailer with all the handyman tools I needed, most of which I had from working on our home, and started strongly. After just a few inexpensive ads, I was working every day and making a decent living. At first, most of the jobs were small and could have easily been handled by someone with limited experience, and that was good because money flowed promptly. As time passed, I started taking larger jobs and gradually moved from just handyman work to small remodeling jobs. Finally, I purchased a pickup, rented a small shop, and progressed to larger woodworking projects, which I continued for over twenty-five years.
My book, Handyman Profit 2023, contains complete details and instructions for starting and successfully operating your handyman business. Based entirely on first-hand experience, so you avoid costly mistakes. Get your copy now.
Like losing a good job, a business failure can be traumatic and impose a serious financial hardship, but with a few handyman skills, anyone can quickly start making money. I know that firsthand and my book e Handyman's Guide To Profit: Using Your Skills To Make Money In Any Economy, 2017 Revised Edition, can help you do the same on a full time or part-time basis.
If you are in an unsatisfying employment situation, my book, Handyman Profit 2023, can help you start immediately making money with your home repair skills. Based on over 30 years of personal, first-hand, self-employment experience in home repair and woodworking, it's a complete course on succeeding in the home repair business. I cover every step from getting started to the day-to-day operation of the business, using methods that worked for me for many years.
This is not pie in the sky romancing about self-employment. It takes good home repair and business skills to operate a business successfully and now you can learn exactly how to use your present skills to succeed financially in the handyman business.
Being raised in the construction business, I had pretty good carpentry skills in the home building and remodeling business. It didn't take long to realize that the home repair business was simpler and because the jobs were smaller; they were finished quickly and improved my profit. Despite the initial success, my limited business skills caused me to make costly mistakes getting started. Over time, I refined my skills and learned profitable business techniques. Despite those early mistakes, I made my entire living from self-employment for over 30 years.
If there had been someone to guide me during those early times, I could have avoided most of those mistakes. The good thing is that I learned from them. Now you can learn how to avoid all the mistakes I made and start strongly with my new book.
Título : Handyman Profit 2023
EAN : 9781951776909
Editorial : Bill Benitez
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