Hey guys.... Just wondering what the maximum amount of work I should take on is. This is my first year owning a company and I am 8 months in. Started with 4 accounts and now I am just under 60. I am also a full time firefighter/paramedic. I am at the point where my website and word of mouth have brought in so much business that I am having to drop some of my residential customers to make room for the commercial customers that pay more.
When I first started, I set a $35 minimum per yard. I am at the point now where I have dropped all of those and my cheapest yards are around $45. However, I had 4 different commercial company's call me this week for bids. I have already gone out and walked the properties and if I get any of them I am considering dropping about 30 of my residential customers to make room for these big properties. I will also have to probably hire two full time guys and buy another truck and two z- turns and probably 2 more combi tools and another blower. I am trying to figure out if it will be worth it to keep the accounts and pay these guys to cut them for me or to drop them and not have to pay.
The commercial bids were.... $500/month...$1500/month... $4500/month and $1200/month on bi weekly schedules. I also have a business partner who works a different shift than I do at the FD. None of the commercial properties need landscape. Just a bunch of mowing, weed eating and spraying.
Suggestions?
When I first started, I set a $35 minimum per yard. I am at the point now where I have dropped all of those and my cheapest yards are around $45. However, I had 4 different commercial company's call me this week for bids. I have already gone out and walked the properties and if I get any of them I am considering dropping about 30 of my residential customers to make room for these big properties. I will also have to probably hire two full time guys and buy another truck and two z- turns and probably 2 more combi tools and another blower. I am trying to figure out if it will be worth it to keep the accounts and pay these guys to cut them for me or to drop them and not have to pay.
The commercial bids were.... $500/month...$1500/month... $4500/month and $1200/month on bi weekly schedules. I also have a business partner who works a different shift than I do at the FD. None of the commercial properties need landscape. Just a bunch of mowing, weed eating and spraying.
Suggestions?
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