[TPendagast]

What's the "realistic" number for first year customers?

10.

10 real ones anyway.

You will pick up one times, no payers, on calls stuff like that.
Thats new guy woes.... just flow with it, in the beginning its anything for a buck.
But don't "count them" as actual customers.... that's pick up work.

I think by years end you might get 10, 10 real customers.

 

[TPendagast]

Agreed.

My mantra for the first year was "Do anything I thought I could do well enough to charge for" which included painting houses, pressure washing, light building maintenance, and even cleaned houses for a bit.

Ive been doing this going on thirty years soon...we still do some power washing and light building maintenance.,, don't knock it... love doing that stuff in the slow shoulder seasons.

 

[TPendagast]

Season 27 and counting here.

same....
I just started saying "going on thirty" so I could stop counting....24, 25, 26..