Hi Brad,<p>You don't need a partner.<p>Market seems big enough, so do it, enter slow, displace present income ... slow.<p>Advise getting the pesticide license ASAP, start there, more revenue, less hassle than starting with mowing ... add mowing later, much later, do fine pruning, lawn care, tree & shrub care, landscape installs (small jobs) look into irrigation service, get licensed, test your market prices on the mowing and if they are low ... don't go there and join a crowded market just to be another low priced outfit. Look at the green industry from a broader perspective ... lots of different ways to go, everybody goes into mowing, which is part of the problem. Crowded markets beat themselves up on price, compete on price, who needs it?<p>Lot of other things within the bizz that are less crowded.<br>Lawn care application programs, organic approaches to lawn care, tree & shrub, building hardscapes, water features, paving,<br>installs, look through a trade mag to see all the different ways to make a buck, mowing is just one. Less competition is direction to go. Plus what's wrong with going into golf course management?<p>Phil Nilsson<br>Nilsson Associates<p>
