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End-of-Year Bookkeeping Checklist

End-of-Year Bookkeeping Checklist for Home Service Businesses 

End-of-Year Bookkeeping Checklist for Home Service Businesses  The holidays are just around the corner, but instead of enjoying your well-earned rest, you may stare at business receipts, invoices, and spreadsheets from last January.    Let’s face it: numbers won’t organize themselves, and you need a system to manage your home service business efficiently.    We created an […]

Best App for HVAC Business

What’s the Best App for HVAC Business? Consider these 5 Options  

What’s the Best App for HVAC Business? Consider these 5 Options   Mike has been running the HVAC business for over a year. One day, he sat down after finishing the job to check on things. Instantly, he was hit with the flood of admin work, invoicing, tracking, and managing other business aspects.    If you are […]

Signs You Need a Business Coach

5 Signs You Need a Business Coach for Your Home Services Business  

5 Signs You Need a Business Coach for Your Home Services Business   “I thought running a business would mean more freedom, but I’m putting out fires left and right. Where’s the freedom in all of this”? You said to your friend.    Your fellow business owner’s friend laughed and said, “You sound like me from last […]

Starting a Painting Business with No Experience?

Starting a Painting Business with No Experience? Read the 10 Easy Ways 

Starting a Painting Business with No Experience? Read the 10 Easy Ways  Your friend started a painting business, and they are killing it. You are also thinking of starting your own, but the idea of starting a painting business with no experience haunts you.   Halloween is over, so there shouldn’t be any haunting ideas because […]

How To Start Electrical Business

How To Start Electrical Business on a Budget?  

How To Start Electrical Business on a Budget? Another day of hard labor has passed, and as you sit down, maybe with coffee in hand, a thought crosses your mind: “What if I can start my own business?”   But then other thoughts about where to start, costs, and how to compete with your peers’ flood […]

Tax Deduction Checklist for Realtors

The A – Z of Tax Deduction Checklist for Realtors 

The A – Z of Tax Deduction Checklist for Realtors “Did you remember to include your phone bill in this year’s deductions?”  “Wait… we can deduct that?”  “Yep! And don’t forget the mileage, the home office setup—oh, and all those coffees with clients!”  This is a general conversation between two realtors during tax season. One […]

How to Scale a Construction Business 

8 Easy Tips on How to Scale a Construction Business  

8 Easy Tips on How to Scale a Construction Business It was a warm Monday morning when Ryan, the owner of Batcave Construction, looked at his to-do list. He sighed and thought, how can I change this?    He started his company two years ago with just a pickup truck and a few tools. His business […]

Lawn Care Business Startup Kit 

Give Us 10 Minutes for the Lawn Care Business Startup Kit  

Give Us 10 Minutes for the Lawn Care Business Startup Kit   It’s a sunny Saturday, and you are sitting on a freshly mowed lawn and daydreaming about quitting your 9-5 job and starting a lawn care business.    But then the thought comes of how to start; you don’t have any idea.    If you have such […]

Math For Plumbers and Pipefitters

Math For Plumbers and Pipefitters Doesn’t Have to Be Hard  

Math For Plumbers and Pipefitters Doesn’t Have to Be Hard    We recently came across a book titled “Mathematics for Plumbers and Pipefitters” by Lee Smith. The title seemed interesting, so we bought it and read it. The book mentions the essential math skills required for a plumbing business; you should read it, too, if […]