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Can We Make Home Building a Little Less ‘Interesting?’

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I’ve written a great deal over the years about how to achieve this, even in today’s zero-sum game of severe trade shortages. Some might cite the recently announced bankruptcy of high-tech building company Katerra as just one more sad story in this long, disappointing history, having blown through $2.4 Secure your trade base.

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How to Start a Roofing Business: 9 Tips to Grow & Thrive

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New businesses can leverage technology, automation, and lower overhead costs to compete with existing businesses. If you start growing without proper financial management, you will quickly find your company out of cash and in bankruptcy court. Other overhead costs include marketing, technology (software, a website, etc.),

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How to Start a Plumbing Business: 9 Tips for Growth

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If you start growing without proper financial management, you will quickly find your company out of cash and in bankruptcy court. To avoid getting caught in the “P” trap (without any profitability), you need to think carefully about overhead. Keep reading: Contractor’s guide to profit and overhead.

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How to Start a Painting Business: 9 Keys to Growth & Success

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If you start growing without proper financial management, you will quickly find your company out of cash and in bankruptcy court. When you’re just doing individual jobs, it’s easy to forget about the cost of doing business — but when you’re running a business, you need to remember that every job you take on needs to cover overhead as well.

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How to Start an Electrical Business: 9 Tips for Growth

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If you start growing without proper financial management, you will quickly find your company out of cash and in bankruptcy court. Keep reading: Contractor’s guide to profit and overhead. Here’s a little-known fact about growing an electrical business: It can be incredibly cash-hungry. Oh, and you do want to make a profit, right?

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FAQ's About Outsourced Contractors Bookkeeping Services

Contractor Bookkeeping

Innovation Or Bankruptcy. If you are a remodel contractor your core competencies revolve around bidding, proposing, closing deals, getting a deposit, scheduling the work, hiring construction workers and qualified sub-contractors, getting the work done and collecting the balance of your money.

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