Profit margin benchmarks, exit preparation strategies, and financial best practices from our team of former private equity professionals.
Compare lease vs. buy for service trucks with real TCO math, tax implications (Section 179), and balance sheet impact. Buying saves $20-50K/year and improves exit valuation.
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Build a financial model for your second location before opening. Learn breakeven math, overhead duplication, staffing costs, and what PE buyers evaluate.
Every year around February, I get calls from contractors who just got their tax bill and are in shock. They ran a...
Selling, buying, or valuing a home services business means navigating a vocabulary that most owners never encounter until they’re deep into a...
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Deep-dive playbooks built for home services owners navigating growth, exits, and financial operations.
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Most owners track the wrong metrics, at the wrong frequency, or draw the wrong conclusions. Here are the 10 KPIs we see...
Why Marketing Matters More Than Ever for Plumbing Companies The days of growing a plumbing business purely on word-of-mouth referrals are fading....
Honest review of trade associations, conferences, benchmarking tools, coaching, and resources for home services contractors. What's actually worth the investment.
Respectable gross margins and single-digit net profit. Sound familiar? These 7 overhead categories are the most common culprits — and each one...
How rising interest rates and PE consolidation affect home services valuations. Deal multiples, terms, market dynamics, and seller preparation.