Finding Hidden Profits
eBook - ePub

Finding Hidden Profits

A Guide for Custom Builders, Remodelers, and Architects

  1. English
  2. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Finding Hidden Profits

A Guide for Custom Builders, Remodelers, and Architects

About this book

If you are a great craftsman and project manager but not good at numbers or paperwork, then you need to learn how. Finding Hidden Profits: A Guide for Custom Builders, Remodelers, and Architects shows you step-by-step how to position your business to make more money through these five key elements: • Allowances • Change orders • Draw schedules • Detailed specifications • Comprehensive contracts With more than 30 years of experience working on 300+ projects, from high-end custom homes to remodeling, smoke and fire damage, and annual property maintenance, Dennis Dixon knows how important it is to provide quality work on time and on budget. From choosing the right clients to setting expectations through clear communications and a comprehensive contract, Finding Hidden Profits provides practical advice, simple formulas, and useful tips you can use to start finding the profits hidden in your business today!

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Information

Publisher
BuilderBooks
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9780867187557
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table of Contents
  5. List of Figures
  6. About the Author
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Introduction
  9. 1 Find the Right Clients and the Right Projects
  10. 2 Know Your Numbers: Overhead, Salary, Profits
  11. 3 Playing with Profits
  12. 4 Professional Estimates
  13. 5 Selling Skills and Negotiations
  14. 6 Managing the Project: Authority and Responsibility
  15. 7 Manage Your Allowances as a Profit Center
  16. 8 Change Orders
  17. 9 Specifications Make or Break the Project
  18. 10 Communications
  19. 11 The Myth, Math, and Use of Cost per Square Foot
  20. 12 Develop Your Own Contract
  21. Appendixes