www.gopherforum.com – Buying used outdoor power equipment can be a great way to save money but it can also open a can of worms and end up costing if repairs are needed. How do you know if a used lawn mower is going to be a good deal? Thats what one of our forum members asked when he wrote no the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum I have found a deal on a 2007 ExMark LZ25KC604 60″ with 25 HP Kohler with 240 Hours. I have been offered this for $3000.00. It appears to be in great shape. This is my first zero turn and I have been looking at Scags and Exmarks. What should I look for before I decide? I think this is a good deal. Any comments or suggestions appreciated. Thankfully one of our forum members is a outdoor power equipment dealer and he knows his stuff. He responded First, are you buying this from a Dealer or from an individual? If from a dealer, will they give you any warranty? Since you have been looking at new mowers of the same brand, how much would a similar one cost you new? Assuming it has no warranty and passes the test as follows below, I would pay no more than about 60-70% of the new price of a similar piece of equipment. Do you know if $3000 is the lowest price you can get on it? Have you tried to get a lower price? Here are some questions you should ask the seller before you buy a used mower. 1. If you are buying from an individual, why are they selling it? 2. Was it used to mow their own yard only? or was it used for commercial use (to mow more than their …
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How to inspect a used mower before you buy it. GopherHaul 43 Lawn Care Business Software Show.
The fear of getting too many lawn care customers – GopherHaul 41 Lawn care Business Software Show.
www.gopherforum.com – Fear is an interesting topic. It is amazing how the fears we have can effect how we see the world and what we do in the world. A member of the Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum brought up a great topic that has popped up in the past, leading me to think many lawn care business owners may share this fear. He wrote I had a nightmare about gaining 1000 lawn care clients. The problem was, I couldnt afford to serve them. I didnt have the equipment, or the crew. In my dream I wanted to serve all of the lawn care clients, I didnt want to lose any of them. I was afraid that theyd never think of hiring me again if I said no this time, so what happens? I wake up Now imagine if the nightmare was true. In the Spring you send out 10000 flyers and BAM, everyone calls you? Wouldnt that be worse than not having enough customers to fill your schedule? I guess its good to know what your maximum number of clients is. You never know what kind of trouble youll have if you get too many. So you have to think, how many lawns can you mow (comfortably) in a day, multiplied by 5 days a week? Id say 11-12 customers a day, 5 days a week is good for ONE PERSON. If you have a partner, 20 lawns a day, 5 days a week will be a walk in the park! At first I did believe after my marketing, that everyone would call me. Though I simply said, Ill take what I can get, and leave the rest for other companies. The problem as you get bigger is, saying no to potential customers will fill me with …
Lawn Care Software White Board Overview
www.lawnservicesoftware.com — One Lawn Care Software system to run your entire lawn care company. All of your business information in one central, secure, backed up location quickly and easily accessible from anywhere.
Lawn Care Software White Board Overview
www.lawnservicesoftware.com — One Lawn Care Software system to run your entire lawn care company. All of your business information in one central, secure, backed up location quickly and easily accessible from anywhere.
What Is The Best Lawn Care Billing Software Available?
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Lawn Care Software Business Plan
Before you start your business for lawn care, especially if you are looking for funding, should the business plan. Your choices include a letter from scratch (as SBA requires an average of 80 hours), have someone write for you (waiting up to $ 1000 for the quality of 1) or with a business plan program. Software for the lawn care business plan has improved significantly in recent years, making it as easy as putting in your specific information and the software will do most jobs a long time to accept his “big idea” from concept to reality. A good lawn care business plan software will also help ensure that there is “thought” the ins and outs “of business – everything from marketing and sales to the cost of basic foods and give you an understanding that you need to sell your idea to make a profitable . Featuring a deep knowledge of bank internal mechanisms of their finances, lenders are more willing to lend money to care for lawn. Here are a few items to look for when evaluating various programs to lawn care business plan software. Reputation – make online research to get feedback from others, to see how was your experience with the program. If you see a lot of negative comments, no matter how good the price, you can apply to other software. If you know someone or business lawn care already, then you can contact them to get information on how to use the software for your lawn care business. Support – see what kind of support is available with business plan software. This is especiall important if you work in your business plan late at night and need some answers. Many manufacturers offer 24 / 7 support and free online. Easy to use – This is especially important if you are looking for a specialized software for very small companies or individual groups, and called him. In many cases you can get a free trial to see if it works with your level of comfort. Cost – After studying business software lawn care insurance plan and have time to reflect costs. Do not always assume that paying more will give the best product or buy a version that has more bells and whistles you need. Make sure that the factor of shipping and handling costs and delivery times for lawn care business plan software when comparing prices. Once you have selected and installed your lawn care business plan software, it’s time to go to work. If you have problems, be sure to contact the support of the seller, as soon as possible, especially if there is a limit to how long they will support.
GopherHaul 24- Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show
GopherHaul 24- Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show Business Question: A member of our Gopher Lawn Care Business Forum, Michelle asked about buying a lawn care business. How much should she be paying? In response a member wrote: “General rule of thumb for buying customers is that they are worth about 1 month revenue. If they are commercial you’ll pay a little more and if there is a signed multi-year agreement in place ( which you said there is ) then this will push the price up too. So it could be worth as much as 2 or 3 months revenue depending on the situation.” Mike then joined the discussion and talked about how many customers would stay with him after he bought their accounts. “I did lose a few here and there, but I only paid 2.5 times the mowing price, and usually got at least 3 mows before they quit me.” “Have you checked some of his accounts to make sure they are priced in accordance with what you would charge? One of the lawn companies I bought out was considerably higher in pricing than mine, so I ended up raising all my original customers up to that standard.” Read more or join this post here: www.gophergraphics.com Should you offer to buy lawn care accounts on craigslist? www.gophergraphics.com Fernando joined the discussion and said he posts ads in free online sites in which he offers to buy lawn care customer accounts. Here is the ad he posted in craigslist. Check out the full ad on our forum. “-Too Tired over the Summer? …or can’t keep up during …
GopherHaul 22- Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show
Hello and welcome to GopherHaul 22 – Lawn Care Software Business Entrepreneur Show In this episode we will be talking about GopherHaul breaks the 600000 view mark! Thank you everyone for watching us! For a more in depth reading of our show, make sure you download the latest GopherHaul episode guide in pdf format. You can download this and previous episode guides here. We have started to use the free program skype.com to conduct our conference call podcasts. If you would like to take part in future GopherHaul podcasts, please download their software and check our forum for the next tentative date and time to call in. Ad the screen name GopherHaul to your skype contact list. Inspirational Story: A new member of our forum, wrote us a story about how they got their lawn care business started. I hope Jared, story inspires you to get your lawn care business started as well. Join in on his post here www.gophergraphics.com Election Day Lawn Care Business Marketing Idea: One of our friends and fellow forum members, Fernando, wrote to us about this great lawn care business election marketing idea. With the presidential primaries going on now in many states and the elections going on this fall, Fernando made a post wondering how he could jump on this to create a marketing opportunity for himself and his business. What we all came up with on the forum was that he should get some lawn signs made that say Vote For Fernando. And then say somewhere on the sign that he is running for the …
GopherHaul 31 – Lawn Care Business Software Show.
www.gopherforum.com – Should I go with a signed or verbal lawn care agreement? There are a lot of new lawn care business owners just getting started this year due to many economic factors. Because they are new, they dont know where they can get away with using a verbal agreement when providing lawn care services or when they need to use a signed agreement. I want to use these recent discussion as an example to help you expand your business knowledge base. Dean wrote us and said Here is my situation I posted an ad on craigslist to perform lawn care for any realtors who have vacant homes that need lawn care. I was contacted by one wanting mowing, seeding, plugging, fertilizing and pine straw put out. This job was for two homes, both on the same street. I came up with a price for labor and got prices for material. I was then contacted and told I could go ahead with job. The problem is I had no address to send the bill to and had not met anyone in person. I called back and asked for an address for which I could send an invoice to and guy said the work was for someone else and he would get back to me with an address. I have not heard from him as of yet. I am looking at spending $400.00 out of my pocket for materials to do this work. I think there should be a meeting and signing of a contract to ensure I am covered in getting paid for this work. Without any meeting or something signed if whoever decides not to pay, I have no recourse in recouping my expenses. I need to know …
Lawn Care Business Software by LawnPro
www.lawnprosoftware.com Lawn care business software for doing billing, estimating, scheduling, routes and more
