Perhaps stop using arcane Latin on a reddit post? I have perhaps only five friends i can speak with that way, because most people immature and waiting to prove it.

There was a local business called Bone Adventure, a dog toy/ canine lifestyle business. Their little French play on words did not work out.

This is normal if you are working as a sub for a GC. A private homeowner customer is not entitled to this information. I will show them my COI for Liability Insurance, but they do not need to know anything else.

I have a variable rate for different projects, but give myself a raise every year. I know what the going rates are so no big if they pass. At least with me they only deal with me.

That is rude.

I like to break things like this down into a dollar figure. Typically i shoot for a 100% return on every dollar spent, but it can 70-80% depending on circumstances. Rarely does a project go so bad that i make less than 50%.

Another way to look at this: I get paid cash for random transactions throughout the month. Consider it a petty cash account that covers costs such as this. I have a few vendors who only take cash.

I take time off when my schedule opens up. Always the last two weeks of the year.

I pay guys cash regularly. Send them a 1099 if over the limit. It is then their job to file it or throw it away.

I remember when online reviews became popular. It was shocking when businesses began counter reviewing these. Thus began the days of the customer NOT alwayd being right.

You might not be ready. I spent years planning my business. I spend likely too much time planning projects, and when it works perfectly i never regret it. When there are fails, planning for contingencies was the problem. Plan, write, draw, visualize, talk about it.

Handyman/ Remodeler here: I need no new software. What i need is a reliable young person: not a pot head, not playing with their phone every 5 mins, serious about learning professional marketable job skills who can follow simple instructions. I pay well and model this role in my company as very flexible. No one wants to work.

Great opportunity to start an online store. Am sure there are some real treasures hidden in the stacks. Get help from a lawyer.

There are six companie in the US that have my same same or similar name. It all works out.

New customers have found me though i have no website and literally no digital presence other than what gets scraped by normal means. They can call my phone.

Hate that stuff. I used to get called twice a week from a local marketing company and refused them every time. Three weeks into it, i went to their office and had a discussion with their office manager and the calls stopped. I abhor aggressive marketing. Businesses that employ that are trying too hard and get none of my business.

At an old job, we had what was supposed to be a serious and potentially threatening OSHA presentation. All the warehouse crew was there and all the managers. Fast forward 6 months and there are OSHA violations everywhere. PPE, cell phones, unlicensed forklift driving, racing forklifts, parking pallets in front of marked electrical panels, etc.

I called OSHA after witnessing one of the managers getting wheeled around on a pallet that was forked up high so he could reach the roof trusses. Everyone watching it was yeehawing like it was a rodeo.

Our OSHA contact did nothing. No calls or visits or penalties. What a joke.

It might be wise to have a lesser experienced handyman on hand who can handle the basic stuff. Send him out when your advanced man should be doing more complicated work.

Wow. Got the world handed to you and you complain. Are you grateful for anything? If you hate it so much quit.

There are millions of us grinding it out every effing day to avoid being an employee. Wow.