CommonSenseGuy

@jarydesign I think it’s someone like you that’s going to try to sell me something. 15 calls/emails a day trying sell me web design, leads, or financing. 😂

Quick question for plumbers, When someone lands on your website from Google and doesn't call, what do you think makes them leave? I looked at 6 plumbing websites in the same market last month. Every single one had something different killing their conversions. One had the phone number only in the footer. One had a contact form asking for 9 fields before you could submit. One had zero photos of actual jobs, just stock images of pipes and wrenches. The one converting well had 3 things: 1. phone number above the fold 2. one real photo of a completed job 3. and a single button that said "Get a Free Quote Today." That's it. What's the one thing you changed on your site that actually moved the needle?

@GenZMultifamily This is why I don’t want to be a land lord. Worrying about leaky toilets and water usage? No thanks.

A mistake I just made will cost me around $1,000. All my buildings have smart meters with an app to monitor usage and leaks. I’ve got alerts set for anything over .1 gallon/hr. Been perfect since I got them. Then I got comfortable… and stopped checking the app. Of course, that’s when it misses a leak. Tenant texts me Tuesday- running toilet. No big deal had it fixed same day. I realize I never got an alert. So I check the app. That toilet started running Sunday. Monday alone: 3,000 gallons. For reference, this is a 5 unit building that averages around 3,400-4,000 gallons per WEEK max. Simply put, I underestimated the leakage potential of the Porcelain throne. Pissed I let myself slip like that. Lucky for you, I made the mistake so you don't have to in the future.

Years ago when I was looking to hire a crew off Craigslist I’d always get this one guy to reply and I never responded because he was always advertising in the services offered section. Just didn’t think it would be a good fit long term, figured he come in and do a job or two and learn how I do things and ultimately use it against me. After a year of this I figured I’d give him a try so I reached out. He proceeded to lecture me on how I should be estimating jobs, what materials to use, you name it. I couldn’t get 3 sentences in the 10 minute phone call and it ended with him wanting some addresses of jobs I had sold so he could go visit and provide me with estimates. I was like that’s not how it works knowing damn well he was just going to try to steal the jobs, he couldn’t have been more obvious about it. 😂 I0-15 years later I still wonder about that guy.

I had a guy who owns a pressure washing company that’s 65 years old and never got past $500,000 in revenue Tell me that I suck at doing business yesterday When I first spoke to this individual, he told me he's never had an employee last three months working with him and was proud of it WTF?

@irentdumpsters He’s terrible, muted him months if not a year ago. Total clown.

Officially muted Nick Huber on Twitter This app is going to get so so so much better for me now

@GuyTalksFinance Finance guy recommends S&P. I never would have gotten this advice anywhere else.

The only investment that I can confidently tell you to go all in on is the S&P 500. In 20 years you will be grateful for buying at these prices.

@DvdndDiplomats I can’t get behind them with windows 11 being such a shit show. Any company that focuses on squeezing money from the user instead of the product is difficult for me to invest in long term.

Microsoft falls again! $MSFT is now at $390 per share. The slump continues. The more it falls, the more I like it. Are you buying $MSFT?

@paulswaney3 This has to be AI.

The governor is begging people to move back to NY from Florida How about you create an incentive structure that makes it work? Like florida did

@BoomerDivvies Miserable was the wrong word but his life looks extremely boring to me. Just going from what I’ve read and seen, seems to have a very dry personality and just has studied numbers his entire life.

@CommonSense502 Miserable?? I think he’s probably had an incredible life.

Warren Buffett made 90% of his wealth after he turned 65. Why retire before then? I can’t wait to 10x my net worth as a senior. It’s coming soon.

@VladTheInflator Because you can’t get a rug pull and don’t have a dickwad landlord to deal with. If owning a house is a luxury then sign me up. Sitting here now feels great knowing I’m not renting.

Why the fuck would I buy a house? An exact place I live in just sold for $550,000 with a $400 HOA fee. That's a $4,500/mo mortgage payment I pay a little over $2,000/mo in rent I add that $2,500 disparity to what invest into the market per month.

@bprintco Never underestimate a meth head.

I just mistakenly underquoted a job. Was in a rush getting to the next quote and fat fingered a 2 instead of a 3. Lady emails me back right away and says we're 3x higher than her other quote. I quoted $2700 and it should have been $3700. She says she got one for $900 You guys... this job could either be done one of two ways... Either you do it by hand and it's going to take a team of 5 guys over a week to do it. Or you have a specialized remote control forestry machine and you can do it in a couple days. We're the only company in the city that does residential that has one. $900 is less than the depreciation cost of this machine for this job even if someone else did have one. So one of these things is true... Either she's about to get scammed out of a deposit, someone is going to try and use a CTL and get themselves killed, or she found someone who has no idea wtf they got themselves into 😂 🤦‍♂️

@Livinchi @TheTopRepost Next is by far the biggest rip off in the trades for coverage. Any local broker is going to beat them by 25-50%.

@TheTopRepost Sounds right to me. I used Next, they are pretty good and convenient. What business are you starting?

It looks like im averaging around $150-$200 a month for business insurance from different providers. Does that sound about right?

@TheTopRepost It's going to go by exposure and coverage. Business insurance is very vague. There's general liability, workers comp, auto, contents and each has it's limit's. Cheap policy's will have low dollar limits on per occurrence and lot's of exclusions on things like mold.

@RealDanODowd Dan is like Dr Claw in Inspector Gadget. “I’ll get you next time Gadget”.

Musk claimed that Tesla self-driving was "almost there" in 2021. Nearly five years later, Tesla owners are still waiting for the fleet to wake up. Musk said FSD 10 would blow our minds but we all know now it was just another piece of junk. Musk will say anything to pump $TSLA. Why do people believe a word he says?

I remember a time I would put 3k on a credit card for a family vacation and then make payments the rest of the year. My kids who are in their 20’s still talk about things that happened on those vacations and they are some of my favorite pictures. Saving is good but living life is important as well.

I had a manager who said he “couldn’t afford to invest.” But he took a family $7,000 vacation every year. $7,000/year at 8% for 30 years? $792,000. We don’t lack money. We lack priorities.

@thecruice I found the sweet spot is for us is between 25-75k. Big jobs clog the system and small ones don’t have enough meat. We can get in and out in rather quickly on the 25-75k range with healthy profits and we aren’t putting to many eggs in one basket at a time.

@CommonSense502 I don’t have any hate for the grind on the small jobs - I respect the hell out of it. I actually think it’s probably harder too many stakeholders to please/keep track of. We’re still small fish but have $3mm going right now across three projects.

I can’t imagine dealing with the low ticket/high volume of home services. I’m probably just not wired for it.

@trentjhughes I have 3 man crews that bill 5-7k a day on the same project for weeks at a time. This is not the way.

@trentjhughes Tearing one of a house this week, not saying they don’t work but I promise you 3 don’t get installed in the entire state each week.

Saw a company installing lightning rods on houses in North Carolina Charges $3,000 per house Does 5 houses a week That's $15,000 a week $60,000 a month $720,000 a year Two man crew Random boring business ftw... Do they even work? Idk

@thecruice I want high end materials, low labor and very few customers.