Von Bobbeh
04-24-2012, 01:19 PM
Hi! started the mowing biz at 14 and did pretty good for a kid, I made $20 hourly sometimes... other's $7 hourly :p
I ended up ditching all my customers at 17 because high school kept me busy and depressed and my dad was being an *** about driving me to lawns. Skip 2 years, graduated, partied too much and frustration with job applications and I'm back into the lawn game!
So far I have 12 accounts, the smallest being 1500sq ft and largest being 20,000 sq ft (I make $18-ish hourly on that one, pretty much charity)
I print glossy full color flyers at $.35 a pop and a 2 customers per 100, in giant neighborhoods with small lawns.
With my name starting to get out in the local areas I'm excited to canvass more neighbors hoods and see the profit come in as the season goes on, as well as beginning to provide fertilizing and weed removal so i can mow all those emerald green lawns and make the neighbors jealous! =D
I ended up ditching all my customers at 17 because high school kept me busy and depressed and my dad was being an *** about driving me to lawns. Skip 2 years, graduated, partied too much and frustration with job applications and I'm back into the lawn game!
So far I have 12 accounts, the smallest being 1500sq ft and largest being 20,000 sq ft (I make $18-ish hourly on that one, pretty much charity)
I print glossy full color flyers at $.35 a pop and a 2 customers per 100, in giant neighborhoods with small lawns.
With my name starting to get out in the local areas I'm excited to canvass more neighbors hoods and see the profit come in as the season goes on, as well as beginning to provide fertilizing and weed removal so i can mow all those emerald green lawns and make the neighbors jealous! =D