How Much PROFIT Can You Make on a $127,000 Job

[@keith-kalfas]

Amazing bro

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks man!!

[@robsdeviceunknown]

Love learning about this stuff. I don't do this for a living (retired now but run a business). But I love when man like you share their business information. Gives me a chance to learn. Iwish you the best in getting to 10M next year. One of my dreams is to get a skidsteer, a older one that is maybe broke down, and tear it all down to nothing, and completely rebuild it. I always wanted one but I have not so much as driven one in my life. I have driver 500K tractors on the farm but never a skidsteer. Problem here in Georgia is everyone wants far far too much for junk because most of them are poor, so trying to sell stuff to pay their rent. Oh, and you're right. Jesus IS coming.

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

Jesus is already here, he hangs out at Derbys bar in New York City.

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[@Martellfarm]

@@siliconvalleylife2.048 you think you are funny..

[@edw_ard6335]

Lmk if you ever need any junk removed for your property or need any landscaping done I’m in the Georgia area !

[@IfYouSeeThisHi]

Your are the reason I started a landscaping business!

[@pomettaranch8049]

Next time switch from metal edging to aluminum edging. same look and color, but aluminum will not rot out in 2 years like the metal. The top of the metal will look good, but below the soil it will all be rusted and destroyed from the contact with the soil.

[@TigranGertz]

Hmmm, that's a good tip, thank you

[@jpippinator]

Curv-rite makes it

[@tristanmefford2609]

a few months late, but your videos have gotten so much better from when i first subscribed a couple years ago. just an observation. Awesome T.

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks man! I appreciate that!

[@elkinslawncare]

thats cool man. i stick to clean ups, mowing, seeding, weeding, trimming, multching. i make pretty decent money off it. im a solo operator!. keep up the great work. love the videos

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks man, you keep up your work as well!!

[@nicolasmendoza6300]

Haven't seen the ur videos for a while, I really like how you did this one! Absolutely great, I love your demeanor in this. Your voice comes off like smooth jazz!

[@TigranGertz]

haha, thank you! glad you liked it!

[@masonbuck9764]

Looks great T. Inspiring!

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!!

[@prolandscapedesignsaustral3052]

Trigan happy new year 🎊🎉 mate

[@TigranGertz]

happy new year!!

[@angelvasquez5066]

I look at the those plans all the time where I work. I work in landscape commercial construction btw. I’m guessing it’s not too common for residential? Idk because we are mostly focused in commercial. Nice video btw 👍

[@Diegosmoni]

do u understand everything tho

[@angelvasquez5066]

@@Diegosmoni pretty much landscape layouts are simple to read. Irrigation layouts get a little tricky tho. Our layouts come from architects and civil engineers. But we mostly just read what the architects make and specs. But for residential it’s not as common. Mostly a landscape designer comes I guess.

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

@@angelvasquez5066 very common in residential jobs. We install 50% of our jobs from landscape architectures for residential. If there isn't a design, I sell one and do it myself. My design rate is $180 an hour. Nice side hustle. The difference between residential and commercial is the regulations and inspections, there's virtually zero inspections in residential. And you get paid in full right when your done with the job, and all the way through the job. Commercial jobs don't typically close out the contract final payment until 3 months after the job is completed. But, because commercial is what it is, the contractor usually charges triple the rates for commercial compared to residential. There's a HUGE margin in commercial. In residential the profit margin is a constant 25% ,the rest is labor and materials. The more debt you have, the smaller your margin is. If your going to do residential, you want to keep your debt ratio as low as possible to increase your net income. Commercial is a lot harder, much more collegic than residential. Any idiot can do residential, probably why I'm so good at it.

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@19993gt]

@@siliconvalleylife2.048 hahah great job bro

[@jvicente8315]

whats the blueprint app you used for measuring you mention in minute 9:00

[@TigranGertz]

the world may never know...

[@expressfashionman89]

@@TigranGertz lmaooo why u gatekeeping for?

[@CiCiLeathercraft]

@@TigranGertz gatekeeperrr

[@19993gt]

Once again thank you for your insight T!

[@TigranGertz]

no problem!

[@robertgentile6799]

Nice work Tigran 👏

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@Macversatile90]

Yo you have the name of the song in the background at 30:50!?

[@summerofplums]

The artificial turf looks nice, but the home owner is still going to have to maintain it, perhaps with a vacuum cleaner or leaf blower for all those falling leaves every fall. Also, I hope people realize the effects of replacing real grass with plastic and concrete on the environment - no photosynthesis, no worms or insects, therefore less birds, and the filler can contain toxic chemicals.

[@dostuff8552]

Like the work and the design.....but as a fellow landscaper ( who mostly does CA native/ low water installs) I have a question......Weed blocker under the mulch? Kind of defeats the purpose of adding the mulch aside from being decrotive. Mulch not only suppresses the weeds but as it decays it adds needed nutrients back into he soil, this feeding the plants. I can't begin to tell you how many gardens I've seen with the weed blocker torn, lifted , showing through and generally looking bad in just a few short years.......and removing it later is even worse of a job. Let me hear your thoughts as to why you do it this way.....Thanks!

[@AarontheGreat89]

What is the program called that you used on the computer versus the printed out plans

[@TigranGertz]

Which program specifically? I use a lot of programs on my computer

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

@@TigranGertz the one you mentioned in this video. Download the plans to the laptop. Gives take-off sheet.

[@JimmyVaught]

You know what really F'in weird? I use to watch your channel 2-3 years ago when I had a landscape company, haven't had a video pop up in my feed between then and now (KZbin is notorious for "optimizing" your feed and changing notifications or unsubbing you entirely for channels you no longer watch), was thinking about your channel but couldn't remember the name and BAM KZbin pops one of your videos in my feed. Not only is Google watching what I search, listening to what I say, but they're in my head monitoring my thoughts 😂

[@TigranGertz]

haha, that's crazy, but I'm glad to have you back!

[@brycemiller8482]

Hell of a job T keep up the amazing work! 🤙

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@OfficialSergioAcedo]

Dope T. It’s Sergio from brookstone services in stockton ca

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks Sergio

[@19993gt]

We need more in goat gang ! Let’s keep it going guys

[@TigranGertz]

yes!! lets keep the people coming

[@rickcarson9423]

Cool. I enjoy the project vids

[@TigranGertz]

Glad you like them!

[@19993gt]

Yo T. Forget the job site videos. I want to see you in the office handling real business. Accounting.. networking. Customer relations. Choosing designers and such. Pricing let’s see all that. I guess what I’m saying I should join goat gang🙌🏽

[@TigranGertz]

You should definitely join goat gang! and I will make more videos about the office side of things

[@cblandscapellc6115]

What design program does your team use?

[@TigranGertz]

structure studio

[@johnkossifas5820]

Not criticizing here but just wondering...... What is up with california wanting the astro turf? Fake grass? I really don't understand it

[@polindo3971]

Love the content as always so informative. Question though, do you add infill to your turf or just a bunch of nails to hold it down? I get clients asking a lot if the infill is necessary because it is an additional cost so I wanted your opinion T

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

If you're putting gopher wire for the turf, you also get to sell gopher wire baskets for the plants as well. That's a huge profit boost per job. Tip of the hat for working in December, we don't typically work in December and take the whole month off. We go back January 2nd.

[@TigranGertz]

Well business is closed now, it's raining now haha

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

@@TigranGertz it's party time.

[@CrisEsChido96]

You got OGs workin

[@TigranGertz]

Hell yea

[@lcriveralcr1627]

This the reason I started my own company I use to work in bright view landscape and new imagine park west here in the bay and learned all this and would obviously only make like 645$ dollars then I decided to do my own side jobs on Saturday made a bid for a house in Fremont for 10k a small back yard with grass molch and some river rock and man stared doing that and I’m making a good living able to provide for my family while making more for what I know how to do .

[@drumrboynoid]

Great job. What brand of turf did you use?

[@TigranGertz]

70 olive blend

[@davidr4523]

This would have looked so much nicer if you would have just put turf everywhere. The other landscape does not look good. I would have added a small golf putting green to. Turf is great!

[@TigranGertz]

everyone has their preferences

[@luxelandscape9618]

Yo, T! I would like to come visit you in San Jose, I will join the GOAT GANG soon! I started my landscape business in June and I just purchased my second truck. My Dad is the owner of one of the largest landscape companies in Salt Lake City and I decided to start my own company. It's been great the first 7-months in business and you have been a HUGE help because a lot of what you say and do is what I was thinking. We align well brotha! I have 2 of my guys that are there in San Jose and they are awesome landscapers they also have an uncle in the area that you may want to have work for you. These guys are high-end and love the complexities in luxury landscaping. Let me know if you are interested in meeting me if I make the trip up and I can even introduce you to some quality workers that know their stuff and are adaptable.

[@TigranGertz]

dm me on instagram or facebook man and lets keep talking

[@lockgessner]

mind sharing what program you use for layouts?

[@TigranGertz]

Structure Studios

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

Merry Christmas !

[@TigranGertz]

Merry christmas!

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

@@TigranGertz I'm going to reveal myself to you soon. How long is your job warranty, mine is 5 years.

[@florencioperez7908]

T you have all this equipment and trucks and you don’t have no shop right ? Equipment is always on site or the guys take it home ???

[@TigranGertz]

It's on site

[@josieclarke460]

do you cut the grains on an angle when doing long stretches of the turf or is it all square off the house?

[@TigranGertz]

It depends

[@TheFarCenter]

For $127,000 sales a power wash business with employees would make about $100,000 profit. Could be more but that’s very realistic.

[@trinkladd]

So besides the turf. She will still need to deal with leaves. Prunin* and cleaning up shelves in the spring.

[@TigranGertz]

again, leaves are no threat

[@valleyhigh645]

You complain about the 30 min mistake but then happily re do a 4 hour mistake that cost more in labor

[@youngdeath4741]

Right lol

[@TigranGertz]

Mistakes happen, what're you gonna do

[@joshcryer]

That river bed wasn't really a mistake, it probably looked great on paper but you always have to respect the customers wishes. Also he kept the river stone from that, so it was probably a wash (no pun intended). Actually, imo, that was an epic riverbed, I bet it would've bugged the neighbors. Looked good though.

[@liamw2b855]

Hey Mate, Quick question what do you do on the rainy days?

[@TigranGertz]

typically we just take the day off

[@pg939]

I’m a CDL driver and you still need a cdl driver to driver your KW (Kenworth) need air break endorsement.

[@TigranGertz]

You can drive it with a regular license, that's why I got it

[@LombardiAndrea]

Hi Tigran, nice job! I'm an Italian landscaper and I appreciate your video. Just a question, which tipe of camera do you use for time lapse? Thanks for your answer.

[@TigranGertz]

I use a Go pro 9

[@LombardiAndrea]

@@TigranGertz Thanks, if you want check my channels kzbin.info/door/BJy2PJa_6Sm_VLFNlIRtFA kzbin.info_Per_Clienti_Esigenti

[@AarontheGreat89]

Was the river bed that large in the initial design?

[@TigranGertz]

yes

[@omgnothingisavl]

I pay my 5ac maintenance crew $300/mo. $127,000/$300 = 35 years of maintenance.

[@TigranGertz]

nice haha

[@justinyin1]

Hi, what program does your designer use?

[@TigranGertz]

structure studios

[@justinyin1]

@@TigranGertz the one program we hate, lol. They have terrible DRM. Looks good though!

[@americanleisurepools6431]

Outstanding

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@johnnyhernandez5539]

37:12 you can see all those seams on the turf! 🤦

[@TigranGertz]

No you can't

[@johnnyhernandez5539]

On the seams you did an S, try putting in 3in nails & when they nail them down, tell them to not shove the nail all the way down. Regardless the nails corrode, turf ain’t going anywhere. You pay your guys way to much to do jobs where they’re not top notch. I love the work you do, but you can’t fool professionals like myself.

[@supreme2544]

@@johnnyhernandez5539 exactly

[@turfer813]

Yea that that metal edging sucks makes the install look shity.

[@turfer813]

@@johnnyhernandez5539 I don't use any nails for my installs

[@kendrickbettis3328]

Just purchased that same interstate trailer same color ect, it’s a beast of a trailer!!

[@TigranGertz]

Nice man!

[@tonyneglia6648]

What program do you use for materials takeoffs (scaling and measuring square footage )?

[@angelvasquez5066]

Our company uses blue beam revu.

[@TigranGertz]

Nice man!

[@marklucero7736]

Just use a ruler, rolling scale, calculator and a red pen.

[@tonyneglia6648]

@@marklucero7736 easy enough to say, but when you are estimating large projects with thousands of plants, and 12-15 pages, not so easy to actually do

[@marklucero7736]

For residential most plans, even if large with separate L sheets the planting plan shouldn’t take more than 20-30minutes to get through verifying designer/architect plant counts against the legend. Yes if you’re doing large scale like I did with the apple campus, sales force park and FB gardens those planting plans can take awhile that’s why we had a team to split up tasks. But even then you get a bean counter clicker like the people use to count attendees at an entrance to a ride and count quickly with that and a pen vs setting up OST systems

[@samueljimenez6264]

Hey Tigran I got a question so when it comes to irrigation do you do the design and the friction loss calculations or do you hire someone else to do that for you ?

[@verbridgeexteriorsolutions3775]

Normally the planner includes irrigation.

[@TigranGertz]

Yes, the planner does irrigation

[@JonsDailyHustle]

Pretty nice sized job. With and even better nice sized pay check 👍👊

[@TigranGertz]

Haha, true

[@tylerpittmon7936]

That’s a lit project T. Just curious how you first got into artificial turf? I kind of want to see about offering it, but not sure how to go about it. Quick advice?

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks man! and I just knew that I could start making more money if I offered it, so I sent it

[@jpippinator]

Where do you buy artificial turf from?

[@tylerpittmon7936]

@@jpippinator I’m guessing you’re asking Tigran? I haven’t established a dealer yet myself as I haven’t pulled the trigger, but I definitely have been looking into Global Syn Turf. They have 4-6 warehouses across the nation to guarantee 3 dayish shipping.

[@jgllandscape]

@@tylerpittmon7936 sgw is the way to go

[@cgilles9]

Bros got that microphone sensitivity turned up to max 😂

[@djmatt4498]

who does your design work

[@Djkyle65]

any idea what software she makes that design in?

[@TigranGertz]

Structure studios

[@charliegodinez9655]

The Home Depot paisas can do this for $10k materials included. Lol, kidding. It looks great Tigran

[@TigranGertz]

thank you

[@19993gt]

Those are some nice wheel barrows

[@TigranGertz]

thanks haha

[@samlocoaa1726]

Geez I hate my hoa they won't allow me to install artificial turf they make up some BS story 😒, man that looks good

[@TigranGertz]

thanks man!

[@alexcalderxn5834]

What size is that applewood sign?

[@TigranGertz]

it's a decent size

[@slowrider30]

The job looks good.. I Can't believe she didn't have you mulch the beds after all that work. With all those trees she will have to clean the grass out anyway from the leaves

[@TigranGertz]

thank you!

[@oiboy626]

Your designer is using Land FX 🔥🔥

[@Dlo831SC]

Are you based out of saratoga? I’m on a job in Palo Alto currently, such a small world! Best of luck to you and your company god bless

[@TigranGertz]

yea i do jobs there sometimes haha

[@sodairl5010]

Hey, thanks for the video! How much was your profit on this job?

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks glad you liked it!

[@robertbrandstetter2992]

is there a paid education collective about your success? how do I join?

[@TigranGertz]

goatgang.net

[@TigranGertz]

join here

[@trinkladd]

Nice. She still has to worry bout leaves

[@TigranGertz]

leaves are no threat

[@b-rare]

that was 127K? WOW!!! i need to raise my prices

[@TigranGertz]

that's Cali for ya

[@siliconvalleylife2.048]

We know you listen. It's true that no weed block allows for the decomposition gas exchange in the soil and makes for much richer soil. Most clients don't want to hear it, they want less weeds. Although the science is there, it takes a while to educate the general public. Weed fabric goes into 99.9999% of our jobs.

[@TigranGertz]

yup!

[@lionsconstruction6165]

Excelente primo

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@germanlandscaping.2155]

I’m on the industry of landscaping to, this is my 3 year but I’m not progressing for some reason, I’m doing something wrong I think. I need you help T.

[@TigranGertz]

Gotta get in goat gang, we will help you succeed

[@RussellD11]

If a Landscaper gave me an estimate of that amount, We would not be using them anymore lol, I could buy a new house for that!

[@TigranGertz]

Not in California

[@BrianGarcia-jw9dv]

Is that what people call maintenance free

[@TigranGertz]

yes

[@armandoveegara8863]

Nice video but some shots are too dark. Get your wizard to get shots of irrigation and other details...otherwise nice video...Great job 👍... wish I didn't have kidney disease, otherwise I would be up there working for you...

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks for the tip, I'll make sure to get better shots for the next video

[@noelgonzalez6303]

International makes 4x4 dump trucks ! And I believe Kenworth as well if it’s special order But the international HV series trucks you can get them 4x4!

[@TigranGertz]

interestng

[@emmanuelviera8990]

We wait when you give away equipment ✌️

[@TigranGertz]

well that's not very beneficial

[@jaboy123]

Id say it was low maintenance install not a no maintenance install.

[@jaboy123]

still a awesome job

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you!

[@TailoredOutdoors]

The man says can't give away 125,000 jobs YET! Sheeeeeeesh! 😎🤑

[@TigranGertz]

haha

[@hubbstyle]

Saratoga native here!

[@TigranGertz]

nice!

[@iplayoldschoolrunescape]

Im confused how much did you make lol?

[@TigranGertz]

I made 1 dollar

[@PERRYS_PROPS]

Why didnt you show the completed project, or at least a picture at the end.

[@TigranGertz]

I did, I did a walk around the property

[@PERRYS_PROPS]

The last section wasn't going to be mulched?

[@wadewilson5296]

I see time the same way you do!

[@TigranGertz]

I'm glad dead pool agrees with me

[@cristianmendoza-ramos56]

I pray u get millions of views so we can see a free job

[@TigranGertz]

Thank you! I hope so too!

[@trinkladd]

How bout fading. .and UVprotection and breakdown. Some people literally have more money then sense

[@TigranGertz]

It'll be fine

[@jordanstellinga1188]

T you’ve built such an awesome big business. But I just don’t get how the 10-15% margin does it for you. All the headache and big operations involved in putting together these projects. 3.5 weeks of work and even more in the planning etc. To make 20k just seems so crazy to me. As someone owning a 600k business with 35% margin, I couldn’t imagine all the hard work it would take to get to 2M just to make the same amount of money. I understand the economies of scale and that eventually sticking to those margins while increasing revenue can be extremely profitable, but so many companies continue to drop margin and grow and never really make a penny more. Wondering if this is your normal pricing, or if you worked with the customers budget for the sake of your portfolio/KZbin content.

[@TigranGertz]

What's your business?

[@jordanstellinga1188]

@@TigranGertz Softscape only. No grass. No hardscape. Make a killing on the planting projects and sod jobs. Holiday lighting makes up 1/3 of revenue from October-December.

[@jordanstellinga1188]

2 trucks, 1 enclosed, 1 dump, 3 employees

[@jordanstellinga1188]

0 debt

[@armandorodriguez8079]

What is the designer’s number t ?

[@TigranGertz]

dm me and I'll give it to you

[@hansng4560]

Don't think this is maintenance free. Things will rot and decay. If I'm the owner, I'll dig out all the plants and replace them with specie of short grass that couldn't grow longer than 5cm. That's maintenance free. Fark the landscaping.

[@TigranGertz]

I don't think the home owner will do that haha

[@c4n4d4]

If this job took you guys a month your labor is holding you back. The job was overbid and done slowly, you'd make more money if you did this in 2 weeks and charged 70k and did another job the next 2 weeks.

[@TigranGertz]

We had some weather issues, so it took longer than expected

[@rushikeshpuri4397]

Tigran sir I am from India In 10th std. Sir can you tell me what to study for doing this business?

[@TigranGertz]

Cardone university

[@Sembrandolasemilla777]

Damn man, there’s a lot of money in Cali.

[@TigranGertz]

Yes there is

[@d2customz431]

There's no such thing as no maintenance T.

[@mhudz3565]

You are undercharging if your labour bill was truly 60k and your material bill was 35-40 k.

[@TigranGertz]

I guess I gotta charge more

[@jordanstellinga1188]

T if your gross profit was 20k for a months worth of work, wouldn’t you barely be breaking even on your net? I’m assuming your monthly expenses are high with all your trucks, equipment, marketing etc.

[@TigranGertz]

It’s labor and overhead

[@MissRazna]

people pay to have a carpet that looks like grass spread over their lawn?

[@TigranGertz]

indeed

[@krzysztofslomiany4090]

isn't all that dirt just gonna wash off into the street?

[@TigranGertz]

nah

[@jesuslovesyou8280]

Tigran did you ever find out who stole your tools???

[@TigranGertz]

I did not

[@reynerioguevara2990]

We the people

[@TigranGertz]

people the we

[@masorcas1000]

Put 16 ply tires on your trailers trust me 100 percent better

[@TigranGertz]

Maybe I'll try that

[@danielpersson7483]

127k for that?

[@TigranGertz]

pretty worth it

[@danielpersson7483]

@@TigranGertz They got scammed!

[@kaveersidhu8580]

@@danielpersson7483 🤣💯

[@19993gt]

No KZbin on the sign? I’m guessing that’s a business move

[@TigranGertz]

yup haha

[@erayapana]

How did I watch this whole video

[@TigranGertz]

because you love me

[@zacdyson-holland6199]

lmao this dude, it cost 50 something thousand to pay staff and 30 something for material's, where is the 40 odd thou and this mans complaining about a 30 min mistake, obvs the principal is there the forman isn't doing his job right but seriously? there's 40 thousand floating about and dudes complaining he ait making money. id love to make (let's be lenient and say 20-25k profit on a job but when you earn 20-25$ an hr (that is half again for the 30 mins) that's 12.50 he lost and his complaining FFS, chill out my dude. fyi that 12.50 could feed the man at the end of the day, if he didn't have that he wouldn't eat, yet you've got 25 grand sitting in your bank and still complaining while he starves, this has really triggered me if you couldn't tell. i appreciate your attitude when mistakes happen though, they do happen and there's nothing you can do about them, but to them, when the boss brings it up as if its a huge deal and your making dream money to them, its kinda demoralizing especially to the employee that happened to make the mistake as he didn't know any better, or he did and completely overlooked it

[@TigranGertz]

I wasn't mad, just pointing it out because I saw it happening in the timelapse lol

[@degen_indeed]

Nice

[@TigranGertz]

Thanks

[@degen_indeed]

@@TigranGertz 🐐