Download or read book Markup Profit written by Michael Stone and published by Craftsman Book Co. This book was released on 1999-01-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to succeed in a construction business you have to be able to mark up the price of your jobs to cover overhead expenses and make a decent profit. The problem is how much to mark it up. You don't want to lose jobs because you charge too much, and you don't want to work for free because you've charged too little. If you know how much to mark up you can apply it to your job costs and arrive at the right sales price for your work. This book gives you the background and the calculations necessary to easily figure the markup that is right for your business. Includes a CD-ROM with forms and checklists for your use.

Download or read book Winning the Contractor Fight written by Tom Reber and published by Contractor Fight. This book was released on 2021-09-14 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Contractor Fight" is what HGTV host and best-selling author Tom Reber calls the battle between your ears. We all have stories and experiences that have formed us into who we are. We are what we think, and the battleground is our mind. The Fight is not with the people you think are "cheap customers." It's not with the unlicensed competitors or the "illegals," as many contractors think. The Fight is with yourself. Sadly, most of the struggles contractors have are self-imposed. It's friendly fire. The negative ways we think about ourselves and our worth... friendly fire. The growing debt, working too much, small bank account... friendly fire. Winning the Fight is a choice. You're noble and full of integrity. You bend over backward to serve your family and clients. You have taken it on the chin more times than you can count. Now, it's time to get yours. Earn what you're worth. Create a business that serves you and energizes you, instead of one that beats you down. Choose to own your crap and get better today.

Download or read book Nova Scotia written by Heather C. Hudak and published by Av2 by Weigl. This book was released on 2010-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the environment, history, industry, tourist attractions, arts, sports, and cultural groups that make Nova Scotia unique.

Download or read book Make It Right written by Mike Holmes and published by HarperCollins Canada. This book was released on 2013-08-27 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 1 million viewers in Canada watch Mike Holmes’ television show, Holmes on Homes, every week. Thousands more see him at his personal appearances and visit his website, looking for advice on renos-gone-wrong. Mike Holmes is Canada’s most trusted contractor, a crusader with a mission to expose botched renovations--and now the author of a bestselling book that has shipped over 60,000 copies in its hardcover edition. Mike has taken his professional expertise and tell-it-like-it-is style and turned it into the guide no homeowner should be without. Make It Right walks readers through a renovation from start to finish, from the process of finding a reliable contractor to understanding the legalities of renovation. Mike explains the inner workings of a house, covers the most popular reno projects and describes the most common pitfalls. Packed with informative sidebars, checklists, diagrams and photographs, all showing what to expect from contractors and tradespeople, and how to keep every reno running on time and on budget, Make It Right is the book you need to read before you plan a renovation. Be smart. Take charge. Get it right the first time.

Download or read book The Home Remodeling Management Book written by Kathryn Schmidt and published by Perigee Trade. This book was released on 1991 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first detailed no-nonsense handbook to planning, designing, and managing any home remodeling project. In 1989, homeowners spent over $100 billion on home remodeling alone. Yet overseeing these projects is complicated and time-consuming. This workbook allows readers to take charge of any remodeling project: it explains how to develop a budget, keep track of expenses, check community building regulations, and much more.

Download or read book The Homeowner s Guide to Managing a Renovation written by Susan Solakian and published by Sterling Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Major home remodeling isn’t for the faint of heart; there is huge potential for design problems, cost overruns, or just unsatisfactory workmanship. Here, a professional construction manager who masterminded the redesign at New York’s famed Avery Fisher Hall as well as a massive institute-wide renovation of St. Luke’s Hospital, offers an indispensable guide for homeowners who need to manage a large-scale renovation. There’s advice on how to articulate your thoughts clearly to designers, architects, and contractors; tips on negotiating contracts; suggestions for protecting yourself from legal and financial threats; and help understanding warranty claims. Each step--from initial planning through the completed project--is covered in layman’s terms, and sample contracts, floor plans, cost estimating worksheets and other forms are provided.

Download or read book What Your Contractor Can t Tell You written by Amy Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive guide to building or renovating a home provides everything homeowners need to know to get the best results, covering such topics as selecting and supervising an architect and contractor, cost estimates, budget, plan specifications, dealing with permits, and more and examining a wide range of common pitfalls and how to avoid them.

Download or read book The Remodeling Life written by Paul L Winans and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-31 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a good craftsperson means having skill working with tools and materials. Becoming a good business person entails learning how to manage others and manage information. That remodeling project can be the hardest and most important one you'll ever do. This book is filled with moving stories and practical advice from a remodeler who made that journey. By following Paul Winans' advice, you can become the owner of a business that works for you. "The Remodeling Life" is divided into three sections: In Part One, you'll read about how to remodel yourself without being overwhelmed by your business. In Part Two, you'll learn about how to build the team of employees who'll bring tears of joy to your eyes. Finally, in Part Three, you'll get insights about how to have your business work for you. With this knowledge, you will be more likely to make fewer mistakes and to experience the success you deserve, no matter what the future holds. Whether or not you are a seasoned business owner or just starting out in business, you owe it to yourself, your family, and your clients to read this book!"I wish I'd had this book forty years ago when I was starting my own company." -Sal Alfano, remodeling industry writer, educator, and editor

Download or read book Remodeling Your Bathroom The Complete Idiot s Guide written by Dan Ramsey and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A step-by-step bathroom overhaul-with both ideas and hands-on help. From concept to completion, this guide can help anyone design, plan, and execute the remodeling of a bathroom. Written in the series' Illustrated format, the book combines text with more than 300 photos and illustrations to give readers ideas for how to transform their tired bathrooms into the spas of their dreams.

Download or read book Profit First for Contractors written by Shawn Van Dyke and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Construction industry business coach, speaker, and author, Shawn Van Dyke, has taken the core concepts of Mike Michalowicz's Profit First and customized them to address the specific needs of the construction industry. Profit First for Contractors addresses the major struggles contractors face and provides clear and actionable guidance on how to overcome them. Shawn shows contractors how to go from simply getting by to becoming permanently profitable. This book is for every construction business owner who dreams of prosperity. Using Van Dyke's Profit First for Contractors system, readers will learn how to break out of the "craftsman cycle" - the seemingly never-ending loop of urgent tasks and responsibilities that keep contractors from gaining traction toward their important goals. He guides construction business owners how to understand their financial statements and how to use them to determine the markup and margin that lead to profits. You will also learn hot to develop solid rules of thumb for the operation of your construction businesses, and how to implement an effective cash management plan that simplifies accounting and leverages normal human behavior. Using real-life stories from actual construction business owners, step-by-step advice, and his conversational twang, Van Dyke puts permanent profitability within reach of every construction business owner.

Download or read book The Book on Estimating Rehab Costs written by J. Scott and published by Biggerpockets Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 195 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ENTIRELY REVISED AND UPDATED! Over 40,000 first edition copies sold. How much does it really cost to renovate your investment property? Learn detailed tips, tricks, and tactics to accurately budget nearly any house flipping project and investment property renovation from expert real estate investor and fix-and-flipper J Scott. Discover the tried-and-tested steps of his professional framework and methodology for precisely evaluating renovation costs in hundreds of his own successful rehab projects. Determine how to accurately estimate all the costs you are likely to face during renovation--and get all of your rehab questions answered in a single place! Whether you are preparing to walk through your very first rehab project or you're an experienced home flipper, this handbook will be your guide to identifying renovation projects, creating a scope of work, and staying on budget to ensure a timely profit! Inside, you will learn how to: -Inspect every aspect of a property to create your renovation scope -Decide which upgrade options provide the biggest bang for your buck -Identify the 150+ most common renovations you'll likely encounter -See big problems (like mold and termites!) and quickly fix them -Assign accurate prices to every rehab task to build a detailed budget -Determine which contractors are best for certain repairs or projects -Break down the top 25 basic components of a renovation -And so much more! You don't need to be a contractor to flip houses, but you do need to know the fundamentals of budgeting and pricing your renovation--including everything from cosmetic renovations to complex installations and upgrades. This book gives you the estimation tools needed to produce the income you desire on your first--or next--investment deal!

Download or read book Construction Forms for Contractors written by Karen Mitchell and published by Craftsman Book Company. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A CD-ROM with the forms in RTF, PDF and Excel formats to customize for your own use."

Download or read book Don t Sweat it Hire It written by Philip Schmidt and published by Creative Publishing international. This book was released on 2007-07-15 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handy guide to hiring handymen Don't Sweat It-Hire It! Is a fun, easy-to understand guide to hiring professionals to do your home repairs and improvements. It caters to the BIY (buy-it-yourself) consumer, who prefers to hire work done rather than do their own home projects-the fastest growing trend in home improvement. All types of residential maintenance and improvement specialists are included in this book, ranging from the neighborhood lawn care person to construction general contractors specializing in major remodeling and renovation. Readers will learn how to find good, dependable resources, how to check references and work histories, how to negotiate fees and contracts, how to communicate with professionals and supervise their work, and what to do when things don't go exactly as expected. The book includes sample contracts and schedules that readers can use to create contractual agreements, and an extensive list of resources to help consumers find and manage good home repair and improvement specialists.

Download or read book An Engineer s Guide to Silicon Valley Startups written by Piaw Na and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2010 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book covers topics of interest to anyone who wants to work at startups:1. How do you get a job at a startup?2. How do I choose which startups to talk to?3. How does one approach interviewing at a startup?4. Once an offer is pending, how do I negotiate compensation?5. Once at a startup, what should I do to maximize any gains from my stock options?Drawing from 17 years of work at various pre-IPO corporations in Silicon Valley, the author provides answers to the above questions, including extensive examples, case studies and detailed background.

Download or read book Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies written by Donald R. Prestly and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-05-09 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Real estate, building, and remodeling surveys reveal that the one project likely to give you a 100 percent return on the dollars invested is a kitchen remodel. And whether the project is as involved as gutting the room back to the wall studs or as simple as applying a fresh coat of paint, each project is an investment in your home’s value and, ultimately, in your enjoyment of using the space. Remodeling a kitchen is a big job, but it’s not so big that anyone – with the right guidance and understanding – couldn’t feel comfortable tackling at least some parts of the job. Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies is the reference tool to use if you Want to use the kitchen more efficiently Want to replace outdated, energy-gobbling appliances and gadgets Have attempted at least one or two home repair projects Are comfortable using both power and hand tools and probably own a few of each Want to know how a project should be done and then hire someone to do it. The kitchen in today’s home has become a focal point for the family, as well as for entertaining. For those reasons, you want the room to be as functional as possible, without breaking your bankbook. With Kitchen Remodeling For Dummies in hand, you'll get the lowdown on the following topics and more: The kitchen remodeling process (knowing this makes you a smarter consumer) Critical design issues Working with the pros: architect, designer, contractor Establishing a budget and sticking with it Evaluating your plumbing, electrical, and ventilation systems Selecting and installing cabinets and countertops Choosing sinks, faucets, and appliances Working on walls, windows, and floors Hot trends and easy upgrades This handy guide shows you how to take your kitchen (no matter what shape it’s in now) and remodel it so that it not only fits your wants and needs but also becomes a room you can be proud to use and show off.

Download or read book Remodel written by Jim Molinelli, Jr. and published by . This book was released on 1917-03-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What would you do if your remodeler: ? quit halfway through your project? ? insisted you pay an extra $12,000 to get the job completed? ? performed at a substandard level of quality and craftsmanship?The only way to avoid disastrous remodeling results like these is to accurately and fully prepare before lifting a finger to call any remodeling professional. Why? Because, despite spending more than $300 billion per year on remodeling, American homeowners know virtually nothing about how to remodel. Well that changes today! This ground-breaking, authoritative book by a lifelong industry insider helps any homeowner master the remodeling process. Jim Molinelli, a licensed residential architect, and 24-year veteran remodeler, reveals his proven step by step method to help families eliminate the three critical mistakes that result in horror-story results.You will ALSO learn: ? The truth about prevalent remodeling myths? How to properly prepare for your remodeling project? About the different types of design professionals? About the different types of remodeling professionals? Which type of remodeler you should interview? How to interview remodelers for your project? How to interview your remodeler's references? How to select the ?perfect? remodeler for your project? Cost-saving strategies unknown to homeowners? How and when to negotiate with a remodelerIf you plan to remodel, you NEED this book. It will help you save your time, your money and your sanity!

Download or read book The Helping Hands Guide to Hiring a Remodeling Contractor written by Leon A. Frechette and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: