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The Handyman Business Guide To Success: Setting Your Hourly Rates, Estimating Handyman Jobs, Marketing, Licensing, Insurance And More!

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Bob Cheal's book shares a wealth of knowledge for all handypersons! This is a writer who knows his material from "hands on" experience. Over the years he's handled a wide variety of projects in many homes, including ours. He's a thoughtful problem-solver. I like to call Bob our personal house-doctor because he's authentic, thorough and optimistic. You'll also find these qualities reflected in his book.

This book has all the pertinent details in a very easy-to-read format. I would recommend this to anyone wanting to start a handyman business.

Bob Cheal does a fair job of introducing the topic. If you have ever owned your own business you will be somewhat disappointed. If you have never worked for yourself, Bob has a good outline of what you need to know to start a business, but you will want much more detail. For example: It would be helpful if he showed you what an effective website looked like; some actual ads would be good. Bob tells you to take credit cards, but I would like to know exactly how to do that. Many of the pictures need to be improved. Cheal has made a good start. Now he needs to hire a professional graphic designer and editor and start over on the expanded second edition.

I needed some basic advise on what a handyman business is/was all about and that"s what was provided. This book gives the reader a nice overview of the Handyman market, trade, and necessary costing. The author cannot possibly cover every state's rules and regulations concerning handymen but he does raise enough questions and provide enough detail so you will have a starting point. I thought that although the book was not a comprehensive overview, it was enough of an overview to give a good idea of some basics you should know. He includes a number of jobs he was asked to do and provides some slight details about each one. This book would be a good place to start if you are thinking of getting into the Handyman business

I'm about to start a handyman business and found his thoughts on professionalism, honesty and business sense
to be refreshing and helpful. He tells what works for him and also gives alternate ideas. The downloadable forms
alone are worth the cost of the book. This is the single best source I have found so far, I just wish there
was more. It's a short book but I recommend it without reservation!

No wonder that this guy wrote an overpriced book. If he charged what he said he did. The overhead, in gas alone, would have bankrupted him. Don't waste your money.