As I was speaking to a neighbor in the fall, she was raking her yard and preparing the yard for the winter. This included raking the lawn with extra effort on picking up sticks and other debris.
Since Mrs. M. is over 65 yrs old I asked her about hiring someone to take care of the yard for her.
She said was not going to pay someone $225 to rake the yard. The yard is approx 3/4 of an acre.
I estimate about 10 hrs of work. At $150 for the job I could hire someone to rake the lawn and still make so profit for myself.
Two profit centers:
1) Gross sales $150 - $100 labor = $50 profit.
Find 4 other jobs similar in the neighbor/nearby & repeat step 1, 5 x $50= $250.
$250 profit one days work. Supplies needed 5 rakes, hefty garbage bags & a lot of lemonade.
Focus: Dont quote a job unless you have had practice. The neighbor is a well maintained neighborhood and the lawn was already cut. By mentioning she ''was not paying $225 to have the lawn raked" meant she has already concerned hiring someone.
Carl Slicer
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