Found this FB post on scaling handyman biz to 7k/month and it had me cracking up

Came across this post in The Contractor Fight group about growing a solo handyman operation to 7-9k per month, and the guy's tips are solid but his 'pro' photo is him posing with a plunger like it's Excalibur. He's pushing SOPs for everything from drywall patches to gutter cleaning, says start with Google LSA to snag those quick fix-it leads. Mentioned using Jobber for scheduling so you don't double-book that leaky faucet job while you're up on a ladder fixing fascia boards. I tried something similar last year with my Ryobi setup, but ended up chasing payments from folks who ghosted after the shelf install. Anyone else seen dumb advice like 'just buy a ladder truck' in these groups? Watched a Tommy Mello video on this too, he says ditch the handyman label and go specialty. SMH, scaling sounds easy til the van's full of half-finished jobs.

man i feel that, every time i see a 'scale to millions' post it's some dude with one truck preaching.

those groups are full of wannabe gurus selling courses on shit they read in a book.

lmao the plunger pic sounds like my uncle's idea of marketing.

screw the influencers, i tried jobber and it glitched during a rush of cabinet installs, lost two jobs.

hate when they say 'outsource everything,' like yeah good luck finding reliable guys for trim work who don't flake.

warning: don't buy into the van wrap hype from those posts, mine peeled off in a month and looked like crap.

tried scaling with housecall pro, ended up overbooked on fence repairs and pissed off half my clients.

frustrated as hell, followed a similar post and hired a helper who couldn't even level a door frame right.

don't fall for the LSA trap, bids come in hot but half are lowballers wanting free estimates on deck builds.

stick with jobber if you're solo, integrates decent with quickbooks for tracking those small repair invoices.

for scaling, focus on niching down to like window repairs, easier to train a helper on that than full renos.