How to Price Residential Properties - Lawn Care Business
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- www.amazon.com... Here is how we bid for work at residential properties for our lawn care business & landscape business. Please leave your comments below. You can also visit either of my websites at www.familylawnandlandscape.com or www.family-lawn-landscape.com for more information about my business. www.amazon.com...
Been in the lawn mowing biz a few years now,was looking for ways to improve overall and I found your videos very helpful...impressed you have made so many and opened yourself up to teach others! I can relate to all of your experiences and advice while learning from you as well....look forward to watching more....thanks!
+Eric B
thanks a lot Eric, it's always good to hear comments like that.
After saying I was going into my own lawn care business for the past 3 seasons, I'm finally doing it. might be a couple weeks late but got my first clients. Idaho
And thanks for the videos. They are really helpful. Mama always said I'm not very smart, but I sure am tough.
+Duke Reilly
good for you brother and welcome to the brotherhood !
+Duke Reilly
your welcome and you have to be to be in this business.
Duke Reilly how is your business going?
Good points to consider for a larger operation. For a one-man operation, some of this does not apply. You have to start somewhere.
There so right about some like to talk to much when you finish but when your not to big it helps keep them for a long time but it gets frustrating when your ready to get to the next job...
thanks for sharing brother
thanks guys! i m in las vegas market and there is a lot of guys w/ no buss.license i been carefully planning to open my own co. after i work for at least 8 companies and learn their tricks they used to bite the market from the competition. i watch your video and i learning these part how to asses the property $. thanks.
Ok I subscribe, I have been in the Biz for 29yrs. and you nailed a lot of the topics on the head. Time is money, my time starts when I get to your property. People that love to talk are great because it's great customers relations. But they have to be charged for it unfortunately. Keep up the good work !!!!
thanks Lowell, i appreciate you sharing.
Thank you for taking the time to teach and help others
Man, killer information. So helpful hearing these things now that my first year is underway.
Mark H thanks for commenting Mark, keep em coming.
You guys cracked me up at the end of this video! LOL It's so true!
waywardskypup thank you for commenting waywardskypup
Best damn advice I ever got about bidding. A lot of other channels talk just pure trash and never really give you the truth about this. Awesome guys, I no longer feel bad for charging one of my customers $15 more just to talk for 15 minutes each cut.
A-Veteran Lawn Care hell no, your time is worth just as much as anyone else's. and i'm glad there are people like you out there that actually realize how a lot of others are just blowing smoke, because they think they know something ? Iv'e been doing this business for 18 years .
Spot on video Ron. Keep em coming.
Great Video, Appreciate the insite on pricing. One thing I didn't take into consideration is the Wear and Tear on my Vehicle. Gonna have to alter my rates which will factor in Vehicle Wear and Tear.
absolutely !
I don't mind the older customers, no I don't charge extra cause we had a cup of coffee talking about how the 80s an 70s were a much better time then this generation of little girls lol. no but seriously if I got paid to talk I'd probably be rich
+Steven Silva
me either, i like to hear those stories. they really tell you a story through the eyes of someone who has been there.
“Pepe walnuts” haha👍🏻
even most early 90's babies know that was a better generation lol
I live in an area with 50k people and it's just what you said, really hard to see it build. I advertise like crazy and in my second year have 10 weekly mows. Most of my my money comes from cleanups.
+Swimbait1 omg, 2nd year and only 10 ? brother you need a good website ! email me off my website and i'll hook you up with my guy.
love the channel bro thanks for the useful tips.
you are welcome my friend
What about a town of 100
thanks guys that's good advice
G and R! Always real and poignantly done!
I'm very curious as to how you figure out your cost per hour on each piece of equipment you use. Is there some source that gives you the average amount of hours for example that your particular ZT MOWER will run before replacement time/overhaul, etc? I can easily see how you can calculate fixed costs such as insurance, licenses, etc.
Thanks to you and a few others in your industry, I just purchased new equipment that will service mainly the smaller sector of the lawncare market as I intend this buisness to supply me with income to supplement my retirement income. I bought a 5x8 trailer, a self propelled walker 21" and string trimmer and hedge trimmer attachment. All ECHO except the Honda mower.
My condo association will not allow us to keep a trailer on the driveway...and my garage is small. I think and hope the trailer is big enough for my needs. I have a friend who welds so racks will help with the limited space.
You two rock! What a great Duo!
It just amazes me when you say "we have a hundred accounts there now." Mind boggling.
Stephen Bond Ron and I wish you the very best in life. I'm sure you will be able to supplement your retirement well in this business. Here's the deal on the equip. we buy new mowers ect. and run them until the warrantee runs out. then we dump them on craigslist. we usually get 1/2 the money back. we then figure that cost per year into the equation, thus your end figure. divided by the current # of clients. = your cost . Hope this helps. we will be doing another video and going into detail later on.
O ya the talkers. Some people must think i am a therapist. I need to start taking a couch with me & charge for that to lol
Hahahahah a I know exactly what you mean. It gets way worse if you find common ground.. Don't do that lol
Paul Kadamus so you would be DR. Paul then .LOL
Great info guys.
James L thanks a bunch man
If I mess up a quote then I keep it for the season and re evaluate the following year
good idea.
So how do you price a yard >> Is it by the sq. Footage ?? On average how much is a yard with only a house and a shed that is 80 X 120 Mowing and weed whacking ??
thanks...great points
thank you anthony
Good info, thanks.
+Mark Stevens
your welcome Mark
Haha I was randomly watching this video and I'm from Sebastian
been there many times , beautiful area
Starting spring of 2020(God willing)throughout the yrs of working for other people I've learned so much customer service and marketing skills.Starting solo and I'm trying to do residential year round property maintenance (regular lawn maintenance and leaf and snow removal)don't want to get LLC n all that stuff ..do I have too..would it be a pro or con for me??
definate pro for you if you wanna grow into an actual company. good luck
Spot on
thanks a lot man
What about inflation because the pandemic / Ukraine War? Add 9%?
Great video guys. A lot of good info. I may have missed it but how do you determine a price for a yard? I assume it's based on the size? I know you talked about researching the neighborhood and finding out what the rates are but what if it's a new yard? Do you just eye ball it or ask what the size of the lot is?
take a lawn you know and are comfortable with it's price. measure the square footage and whalah , your price per square foot emerges !
Still trying to watch all your videos, so again I apologize if you covered this already. How do you properly figure your operating costs?
+Derek Stevenson
i have covered this several times but ill try to explain. everyones costs are different. such as how many employees you have to how much you pay them , are you paying them cash or on the books not to mention raises and benefits. this is just one example, you have severeal such as equip. , insurances,vehicles and the list goes on and on.
How do you feel about (i believe theyre called) contractor wheels to measure the property? They seem to give a better idea of how big the property is rather than just eyeing and guessing at the bid. I'm curious of your thoughts.
Aaron Wilkerson early on you can definitely use them, and sometimes i still do today, but after awhile you will also do what i do.it's just experience. The guy's that measure every square inch are wasting a ton of time !
Thank you for the reply. I appreciate it. Ive enjoyed every video you've done and more importantly I've learned a lot too when working with my own business. Keep up the good work.
How do you deal with debris? do you bundle and set them by the road or do you have a crew that does hedges only with a dump bed trailer and haul away?
Daniel Bruce WE HAUL NOTHING AWAY. WE SIMPLY TELL THE CUSTOMER THAT WE WILL CHARGE THEM EXTRA FOR THIS AND THAT PART OF THE EQUATION MAGICALLY GOES AWAY.
Excellent video. Trying to get into the business. If I make 5000.00 on my own without being a business do I have to report taxes? I live on Social Security and just want some extra money without going through the whole business start up. Any info would be appreciated.
all depends on your state. everyone is different. I've got a better idea than what your doing and you'll make a lot more money doing it and it;'s way easier work. watch my video called business opportunity of a lifetime.
i have that problem with my friend, we are a team but he likes to talk alot with customers then i end up waiting extra 30 minutes for him to stop talking to them and he said its good for business to be social ? is that true? now some times it will take 1 hour for a 20 minute lawn cut, how is that good for business? it makes our days longer but no extra money is made because of the chatting...is it good business to be social??
Brian Lee you always have to be courteous to your customers, but i try to limit each visit to only a couple of minutes. If i know the customer likes to talk a lot, i will then adjust my price accordingly.
thanks, i told my friend about what you said about talking in your video today, i think he is more aware of the issue now, your videos are very helpful.I also can see that when there is more time chatting and bs we always end up doing more for free for that customer and how can we charge next time because they will ask hey you did that last time for free so why charge now?
you guy are clearly 9 beers into a 12 pack.
Too trustng george.
disappointed in the lack of Harrison Ford comments. For a second I thought he made a cameo
well i have played an actor in a real movie, you guess which one ?
What do you do in the winter time I would like to know
They're in FL. Year round lawns.
Lucky B I live in alabama and its like that sometimes. thx for the info.
get a job
How do I personal message someone. I have a few important questions I would like to ask u
I called your guy and I gave him the down payment today.
Don Abraham Good Luck, I got ripped off, and no refund after requesting one a month ago.... After waiting months for something to be completed....
Who did you try to contact.
The Web guy George Referred me to, Kevin
New City Lawn Care LLC well I'm glad George told me about him before it was to late.
Ohh did he have other feedback the same then huh? That's good then, so no one else gets ripped off....
Where's Ron been lately? Haven't seen him in the past few videos
+sean powell
long gone
+G Packard what do you mean he's gone?
He moved to Nebraska and started a beet farm.
how do you optimize your website and who made your site.
call office and well hook u up
Im going to need that info
321-693-3762
How much did u pay to fab the ranger truck?
around $6,000
G Packard Is that including the purchase of the truck?
Brevard county, North Carolina?
axel ayerdis Florida
George, how many crews total do you have?jw
toooooo many Nic. lol
hi. do you charge more if the place it's infested whit dog ÷×%. or poison ivy?
absolutely for the dog crap anyway, they either clean it up Prior to us servicing, or if we have to it's additional cost each time.
Thanks for the answer and the time you spend sharing you videos and whit us Help a lot big time.
your welcome
WHERE'S RON???
GONE
What's the point to have a you tube channel, when the subject you are talking about does not atract enough viewers to make it profitable?
that's an easy one. To try and help others advance in life faster and easier than what we had to endure. wheather it's helping one person or a hundred, as long as your helping someone. ever hear the term : I'M NOT IN IT FOR THE MONEY ? theres your answer.
@@GPackard good deed indeed, thank you for sharing. Greetings from Puerto Rico.
Puerto Rico ? wow, i grew up knowing a fellow named you you. ( not sure of the spelling ) but that's what we called him. He was a wonderful man who upon his passing we missed greatly. were on the same page now and that" all that matters brother !
Sorry men,, but there are men south of the border that will under bid you every time, , Good luck! !
theres always those people
Some people don't give a price $$$ they take donations $$$ lol.
+Paperboy 1986
right ?