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Just in case anyone is wondering the profits from these projects.The first one is a $25k total project and the second is a $15k project.
$25,000 + $15,000 for the jobs total (deposit and everything)
Materials:
$4,500 job 1 - New pressure treated wood, Zinzer Primer, Cabot deck correct (the lady bought the paint for the larger job so subtract $750, but i will keep it in because that is rare)
$3,500 for the second job. Plants, mulch, and cedar wood which is much more expensive than pressure treated but it was a much smaller deck
$475 for a 30 yard dumpster
Gas is around $3.65-$3.85 a gallon, I drive a Dodge ram which is okay with fuel
$650 for gas lets says to drive guys around
$450 for Ubers/Lyfts to get guys home or from job to job since they're pretty close
$500 in extra material expenses (screws, drill bits, extra wood pieces)
Labor:
I pay both my guys $20/hr
These two projects have and will take a total of 3 weeks so 15 work days.
9 hours a day for two guys = $180/day * 15 = $2,700 for the job total
= $40,000 - $10,075 - $2700 = $27,225
I add a buffer of around $1,500-$2,500 for extra expenses so just around a $25,000 profit for these two jobs.
One came from doing a trade show this spring and the other was a nurse at my mom's old grade school so I was referred to her by some of the teachers there.
We do around 20-25 jobs a year varying in size, so we average around $10k-$15k in profit per job.
I get around 20-25% per job that we complete because I did just hop on as a partner. I'll take the low pay now to learn, learn, learn, and build a reputation/following around my area which is still taking off with new people moving in.
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