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#61 ·
Derwood said:
Close. I have other family and friends who teach.

Again, if it's so easy, and cushy, and the money and benefits are so great, why not step up and do it? Especially if we need good teachers
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My mom was a teacher
So was my aunt

teacher is kinda vague tho
You could teach first grade or post graduate courses in college , very different jobs
 
#62 ·
Derwood said:
Close. I have other family and friends who teach.

Again, if it's so easy, and cushy, and the money and benefits are so great, why not step up and do it? Especially if we need good teachers
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Because I'm not looking to do what's easy. I'm looking to do what I love, and in the process figure out how to me make lots of money at it.
Again, no ill will towards the many good teachers out there. But I'm disgusted with the many terrible teachers that get to continue to teach. This is coming from a kid that went to a public school and has many friends still dealing with the many incompetent teachers in the school system.
 
#63 ·
Totally appreciate where you’re coming from. And I also agree the bad teachers should get the boot. Getting rid of a teacher is actually pretty easy you just have to follow the protocols. Union or not it’s super super easy (most people just don’t know that).

I just hate it when the profession gets labeled by people who are only talking about the bad teachers. And I don’t think being a good teacher is easy at all.

back on topic (I said it before Michael did :))
 
#65 ·
Cam15 said:
Well I mean, they work 9 months a year. Great benefits. Pay isn't bad. And a government pension when they retire. And they almost never get fired because they have a union protecting them.
But that doesn't mean it's for everyone, if you hate kids, politics or incompetent administrators it's not for you
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cam take notes kiddo !! Get a government job with a big pension and vacation time son!! Give up that push mower and working until your 70.
 
#66 ·
TPendagast said:
Kinda hard to do hardscapes solo
It's labor intensive by nature

you could totally just use labor temps on a job by job basis however
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I do 5-6 project by myself over the winter. The key to avoid exhaustion/injury is pacing yourself.
 
#70 ·
An established lawn care owner with a single crew, maybe two, in my area should be able to net (before taxes) right around $100k. I'm also including that there's some form of pretty close to full time winter work, cleanups and leaf removal etc. You fert and squirt with 2 trucks full routes that figure should almost double. Those are the only 2 things we do now so I really can't speak regarding anything else.
 
#71 ·
I know some Fert and Squirt techs that are generating 250K gross revenue for their respective company on a solo route. This includes regular spray and Fert, and add ons like perimeter pest control, flea and tick sprays, and overseeding. Techs will do this for 40K a year.
 
#77 ·
There are (tax) benefits to staying small and running a lean operation. Examples : being able to claim most of your cell phone bill for business / home office deduction / if your work truck is your personal truck then your not spending as much on payments & gas as the average person thnx to the payment interest & mileage write offs . There’s also a certain freedom that comes w running this business (again as a small op) you can adjust your schedule around family events / occasions etc . Have to remind yourself it’s your business and you can run it how you want to minimize your stress and wasted time. Really gotta land a cpl solid employees so you can take days off but I’ve always felt a smaller super efficient operation is the way to go. For example 3-4 guys w 2-3 trucks …one doing small lawns solo w a little Chevy s-10 and a stander making a killing per hour .
w truck and mower prices going sky high & the new mowers ar gas guzzlers I think it’s going to be necessary to keep it basic or you won’t be making much $ mowing.
I’ll do my first $120k this yr (not including materials) w one employee but been mostly solo till last year. To keep things less stressful I stick to a routine. 20 minutes of paperwork after work & an hour to do billing once a month. 1 hour of maintenance a week usually I just start the day an hour early and get it done. I don’t really answer texts after 6pm unless I feel like it / or if it’s necessary they wait can till the next morning when I’m on “work” hours.
 
#78 ·
GRANTSKI said:
There are (tax) benefits to staying small and running a lean operation. Examples : being able to claim most of your cell phone bill for business / home office deduction / if your work truck is your personal truck then your not spending as much on payments & gas as the average person thnx to the payment interest & mileage write offs . There's also a certain freedom that comes w running this business (again as a small op) you can adjust your schedule around family events / occasions etc . Have to remind yourself it's your business and you can run it how you want to minimize your stress and wasted time. Really gotta land a cpl solid employees so you can take days off but I've always felt a smaller super efficient operation is the way to go. For example 3-4 guys w 2-3 trucks …one doing small lawns solo w a little Chevy s-10 and a stander making a killing per hour .
w truck and mower prices going sky high & the new mowers ar gas guzzlers I think it's going to be necessary to keep it basic or you won't be making much $ mowing.
I'll do my first $120k this yr (not including materials) w one employee but been mostly solo till last year. To keep things less stressful I stick to a routine. 20 minutes of paperwork after work & an hour to do billing once a month. 1 hour of maintenance a week usually I just start the day an hour early and get it done. I don't really answer texts after 6pm unless I feel like it / or if it's necessary they wait can till the next morning when I'm on "work" hours.
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It's important to have a work/life balance. It's so easy for this line of work to overrun you. It's a good time to be self employed because people are throwing money around like crazy... but it's too easy to fall into the trap.

But you are right, we need a work/life balance.
 
#79 ·
Tn Turf said:
It's important to have a work/life balance. It's so easy for this line of work to overrun you. It's a good time to be self employed because people are throwing money around like crazy... but it's too easy to fall into the trap.

But you are right, we need a work/life balance.
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Just take weekends off. All good.
 
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