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No, and most states don't. Most people think that they do, but most of the time there are no codes pertaining to mold in general. I've spoken with a few mold remediation guys here in Arizona who have told me that there are no certifications required to remedy mold, nor are there any laws in place requiring anything in particular just simply because mold exists. They've also told me that it doesn't matter what house, they can find black mold in every house in Arizona. If somebody wants to look for it, it's always there somewhere.

Well the value of the job doesn't change when you sub it out and I wouldn't know what the value is for your business. I can tell you that I try to make 27% of the labor. However sometimes I'll sub out a job just to get it off my books and make no money on it.

I think the value is the same assuming you're planning on running a tight ship and need to be efficient with the admin side of the business.

The phrase trip fee never shows up in any of my invoices unless it's a large punch list or a move out. If I repair it with a wrench then I invoice $125 labor. If I replace it then I invoice 125 or $150, but more often than not. It's $150 these days for the labor. But the word trip fee doesn't show up on the invoice, just a description of the work and a labor charge. If it's on a move out, I'm probably charging $80 or $100 since I have a separate trip fee already for moveouts but I can't remember right at this moment off the top of my head with the exact price is when it's just an item added to a larger punch list.

​@@bulletproofhandymanGetting in the weeds... I went back and watched a few of your pricing-centric videos. It seems to me that pricing standardization and predictability is desired by PMs, so that's why I was leaning towards always having an explicit trip fee (no matter if it's a one-off service call or a larger punch list). However, I understand that the cost of a one-off service call can quickly become borderline price gouging if we're using your Jobber Line Item CSV file's prices. A towel bar and door adjustment that takes 30 minutes is a great example of this... if we were to charge a $125 trip fee + $45 for the towel bar + $30 for the door adjustment, I imagine most PMs would cringe at the $200 vs $125. And while I understand it, it still feels like your approach of treating the trip fee as a "minimum" for one-off service calls with various "Tiers" (1= under 30 mins, 2 = more than 30 or specialized (electrical/plumbing)) could appear as pricing inconsistency and unpredictability. But I get it, after all, that is the nature of this profession and certain jobs. Another reason I want to avoid the nuanced "minimum" approach is that you lose some of the efficiencies you built with line items in Jobber. Looking at the example above again... now instead of slapping a trip fee and each line item that was standardized and pre-built (as you would in a move-out invoice), I have to create a new single labor line item at $125 that encompasses both of these jobs (bc I don't want to use each pre-existing line items and artificially inflate them to reach a sum of $125 - yielding inconsistency in historical pricing). How would you invoice examples where there are multiple line items that still fall within the first 30 mins = $125? Lump all of the work in the description of the labor line item (as I described) of break them up separately and have them total up to your target number for the service call? Where do you draw the line on what constitutes a "punch list" that gets that trip fee line item added?! Does it have to be a move-out? Sorry for the long-winded digression! Really want to nail down the pricing correctly!!

That sounds like a super awesome project!

@@bulletproofhandyman I've never done it before and in sure I'm low by $2000 but she's 86

I have tons of videos on the channel about that. It's far too detailed to try to explain in a comments section. It just comes from experience and playing around with pricing over time

You're welcome!

Thanks! Any method is better than no method. I've grown pretty comfortable with this one.

Yes. Anytime I'm talking about pricing. I'm only talking about labor unless I specify something different. I do have some things that are set pricing including materials, but it's pretty safe to just assume I'm always talking about labor If I don't mention otherwise.

Thank you sir. Although I would do a small patch for that price still, my pricing has gone up for ceiling patches quite a bit since I made that video. However, I'm pretty much never doing large patches that are the size of even a half a sheet of drywall. Most of mine are just where the plumber cut out a 2 ft x 2 ft square To get up in there and do a repair. Even those I'm usually billing out at like $900 these days. The work is fast and easy but I realized there aren't a lot of people doing it so the price went up.

@@bulletproofhandyman Yeah I get $1200$-1500 for alot of the plumber patches, because I know texture so well.

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$125 minimum. More if it takes more than 30 minutes. More if it's electrical or plumbing or a job you don't want. Try to make sure the total amount of money you make before the job is done is $100 an hour or more. It's up to you if you mark up materials, but I don't.

Thanks!

Yes they are!

I'm sure I'll see you on the next one!

That sounds awesome!

Thanks!

Thank you for that!

I usedJobber alone for everything for more than 3 years. I just got a new accountant and he wants me to have quickbooks too, just for payroll and better tracking of receipts so now I'm doing both. However, as far as running the business (not including payroll and receipt tracking) Jobber really runs my entire business. I do not know of anyone with deep dives into quckbooks but I'm sure it's out there somewhere.

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I agree completely. If I had to pick the one most important thing thats led to me doing well it's the fact that when my clients send a work order they can forget about it until they receive an invoice and there are never calls from upset tenants.

Was it on time or late or what?

@bulletproofhandyman I guess it was in time .I caught you live.Had earlier gotten the notification for web lesson that doesn't apply to me except current pricing.I have work needing done due to code and was already in my opinion lied to and ripped off on shitty labor

I'm far far away so notifications of your may take awhile

It's impossible to know in advance if he's a good one. However, ask him for his LLC, Insurance, etc... Of course online reviews are nice too. If he doesn't have business insurance at least then you'll know for sure he's not seriously trying to run a legit business.

Yep!

Thats True!

I'll do that for the bad properties. Most average properties they send the cleaners after me. I still clean up my mess, but I just have to pick up my trash and stuff. Sometimes they go before me and then again after me.

I mostly agree. However, what I enjoy is achieving a level of success that keeps my family secure. That means that when a client wants to pay less money I don't have a problem giving them less quality as long as I'm making what I need to be making. The reward for me is watching my wife raise my children at home and knowing that we can go to the hospital with the best health insurance money can buy or we can afford to fix the car when it breaks down without it being a stressful emergency. Sometimes this means that I do repairs that are solid, but not up to my own personal standards and I'm OK with that.

Glad it was helpful!