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• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20266 min

  What Does It Cost to Insure Work Trucks, Tools, and a Small Crew?

  This comes up again and again in contractor forums: "What are your business insurance costs for trucks, tools, and crew? "The answers swing wildly because the question is missing context....

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20266 min

  Big Jobs vs Small Jobs: Are the $500K Projects Actually More Profitable?

  This comes up again and again on Jobber community: a contractor lands a small gig, knocks it out fast, and the homeowner refers them to a neighbor with a massive...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20266 min

  Free Inspections Marketing Downturn: Should You Give Away Estimates When Work Slows?

  I tell clients that a free inspections marketing downturn strategy only works if the tax math supports it. When work slows down, the instinct is to say yes to every...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20264 min

  First Solo Job Take Home Math: What You Actually Keep vs. What Stays in the Business

  If you are searching for first solo job take home math, here is the split I use with new contractors. A payment from your first solo job is not spending...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20268 min

  Your Estimated vs Actual Costs Never Match — Is the Job Really Making Money?

  This question about estimated vs actual job costs comes up again and again on Jobber community: Can jobber track budget hours vs actual hours for a job. The short answer...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20261 min

  Your Design Fee Percentage Construction Budget Is Probably Buried in Your Markup — Here's How to Pull It Out and Quote It

  This comes up again and again on Houzz Pro forum: "How do you structure your design fee as a percentage of the construction budget, and what percentage is standard?"A design...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20266 min

  Contractor Overhead Percentage: What You Should Target in 2026

  You searched contractor overhead percentage because your bids look profitable on paper and the bank account says otherwise. I see this constantly. A contractor prices a job at a 25%...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20267 min

  How to Calculate True Hourly Rate (So You Actually Cover Overhead)

  This comes up again and again on the Jobber community: "How to calculate your true hourly rate." Most of the answers treat it like a simple division problem. Take the...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20265 min

  Buy Used Lease or Finance Equipment? A Contractor's Tight-Budget Guide

  When you need to buy used lease or finance equipment, I look at three numbers first: your current-year taxable income, your cash reserves, and how long you plan to keep...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20267 min

  How to Bid Job Costs Without Losing Money: Residential vs Commercial

  If you want to grow from one-off remodels to steady work, you need to know how to bid job costs for residential and commercial projects. Most contractors I talk to...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20267 min

  What's a Good Landscaping Profit Margin? Why Most Owners Watch the Wrong Number

  What's a good landscaping profit margin? If you are trying to figure that out, the honest answer depends on which margin you are looking at. A healthy gross profit margin...

• Job costing & pricingJul 10, 20269 min

  Landscaping Job Cost Breakdown: What a $30,000 Job Actually Costs

  This comes up again and again on Jobber community: someone asks what to charge for a landscaping job, and the answers range from "double your materials" to "whatever the market...