No doubt!! LOL!
This just reinforces what us guys are up against down here!
I think a little sub contracting is in order here.....!
They have NO idea Ken just how tough it is to survive down here
Had a great week last week, and already have two grand sold going into Monday.
ALL repeats too, ads are not working, hate to pay that freaking bill every month.
Almost thinking about downsizing, eliminating all ads altogether, do it myself with a helper ....
Cherry Pick jobs I want to personally do, farm out the rest
Once you build a name, it is all downhill.
The TRICK is to SURVIVE for 5 to 7 years UNTIL that happens
I started 15 plus years ago, with a Nissan Maxima pulling a 4 by 8 trailer.
Lived in a weekly rented room for 2 plus years, worked day and night too.
Some weeks, I got food at food banks, and faced eviction.
It was not easy!
Non Pressure Roof Cleaning was almost unheard of back when I started.
Myself, Mallard, Spray Away, Crown, Apex, Allbrite, and Roof Butler pretty much created the market here in Tampa.
If I missed anyone, no disrespect intended!
It was tuff going, it really was.
It is STILL tough to make it here, and I wonder IF even I could make it today.
Everyone, and I mean Everyone and his brother is trying to get into the local market.
The competition for NEW shoppers is fierce.
I declined a 3500 sq ft roof WITH a 3 car garage up in Cheval.
3500 sq ft barrel tile with 900 sq ft garage is 4400 sq ft.
It WAS done for 400 dollars by a pressure washer
THAT is the level of desperation here in Tampa at the present time.
Fortunately, most of my business is repeat customers my wanna be competitors never see.
These happy customers seldom shop because we did them right in the past.
Many of them are very high end homes, where a good job is far more important then the lowest, rock bottom price.
Because I do have ads, I also get these shoppers from time to time.
Thank GOD I do not have to rely upon them completely to survive anymore
Your post Ken is a good example of just HOW desperate it is here in Tampa.
People do not believe us I think ?