How to generate more roofing leads in south Florida without blowing my budget?

Been slinging shingles in south Florida for 8 years now, but my pipeline's drier than a zone 1 roof in July. Charging $8500 on average for a full tear-off and Owens Corning Duration install, but leads are scarce this slow season. Anyone got tips on low-cost ways to drum up commercial flat roof jobs without dumping cash into Angi?

goddamn angi leads are the worst, half the time they're tire kickers who ghost you after you show up with the CertainTeed samples.

back in the day we'd just hit the local hardware stores with flyers, now it's all facebook ads eating your lunch money.

i feel you man, same boat here after that hail storm wiped out half my schedule.

slow seasons suck, been patching leaks on old mod bit roofs to stay afloat.

don't chase leads, let them come to you with a solid google profile.

south florida market's flooded with undocumented crews undercutting everyone at $5k a pop.

yep, saw a post on r/Roofing about a guy getting undercut by 30% on a tile roof bid.

those crews vanish after the job, leaving you to fix their nail gun messes.

i hear ya, my last three leads were from neighbors complaining about shoddy work.

feels bad, been there with flat roof coatings that peel in the humidity.

same, south florida salt air eats through everything fast.

underbidding is killing us all, time to union up or something.

watch out for those lead gen sites, they charge you $200 per call and half are duds.

yeah, stick to referrals from real estate agents, they know who does quality tpo installs.

tpo is where the money's at down there, but leads? network at the supply houses.

supply houses like abc, yeah i've picked up two jobs chatting up the counter guys.

exactly, better than cold calling hoas who hang up on you.

damn, my leads dried up after insurance changes hit florida roofs.

insurance BS is the real killer, can't get paid without fighting claims.

i get it, been hustling for shingle jobs since the storms.

those undocumented crews are the plague, stealing jobs left and right.

plague is right, saw one in Roofing Pros group bragging about a $3k asphalt strip.

controversial take: charge what you're worth and let the cheapos chase bad leads.

nah, you gotta undercut a bit to stay competitive in florida.

undercut and you'll be fixing leaks for free later.

fight me, but lowballing keeps the trucks rolling.

i feel your pain, leads are tough after the hurricane season hype dies.

tough is right, been door knocking for tile repairs.

post-storm is key, but now it's dead quiet.

quiet sucks, my crew's sitting on hail damage quotes going nowhere.

use nextdoor app for local leads, got a few flat roof recoats from there.

nextdoor is gold for residential, skip the big sites.

big sites are a scam, charge premium for junk leads.

yard signs? had one stolen last week, smh.

stolen signs are the worst, might as well paint the truck.

truck wrap got me three inquiries last month.

traffic in south florida? more like parking lot leads.

haha parking lots are where the real networking happens.

join the local bni group, they feed me steady shingle work.

bni? sounds salesy, but it works for roofing bids.

salesy but effective, closed a $15k commercial from one meeting.

what's your go-to for generating flat roof leads?

flat roofs? target warehouses, they leak like sieves in rain.

flat roofs are money if you pitch tpo right.

tpo pitches work, show em the energy savings.

undocumented crews at it again, undercutting my epdm jobs.

undercutting everywhere, it's frustrating as hell.

i know, been losing bids left and right.

losing bids sucks, time to raise prices anyway.

raise em and watch the cheap jobs go away.

cheap jobs are headaches, better off with quality clients.

quality over quantity, learned that the hard way.

those lead mills are ripping us off big time.

ripping off yeah, i canceled my angi sub last year.

good call, switched to facebook groups for referrals.

referrals are king, got a chain of shingle jobs from one.

chain jobs keep you busy, unlike those dead-end leads.

dead-end leads are the norm now.

norm sucks, need better strategies.

watched dmitry lipinskiy on tiktok, he swears by video content for leads.

video content? too time-consuming for my crew.

time-consuming but it pulls in the homeowners.

homeowners love before-after vids of roof strips.

strips show the damage, closes the deal.

damage pics are gold for insurance claims too.

finally hit 20 roofs this month from organic search.

20? that's impressive, share your secret.

nextdoor works, but spammy if overdone.

overdone and they ban you quick.

bans suck, lost a good lead thread.

lead threads fizzle anyway.

dm the prospects who comment.

commenters are hot leads, jump on em.

hot leads close faster than cold calls.

cold calls? i quit those years ago.