AS some of you know we moved from Panama to San Antonio last year and opened a pool maintenance business. Below is a short outline of where we are in our business. My intent for this thread is to outline the good and bad of owning a small business like Calmloki did on his real estate note thread. I'll post weekly updates as things happen.
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Originally Posted by Arif
Hey Ken!
Well as you know I bought a pool service/maintenance company in San Antonio. We've grown about 34% from November of last year and this month we qualified to work on home warranty calls. The lady that manages the region including Texas said we should be able to get about 500 calls per year. I just hired a new guy last week to handle the increase workload.
One thing I have noticed is that new prospects are more price sensitive than they were last summer. Some just want us to come out and teach them how to take care of their pool rather than sign up for weekly cleanings.
We're still using that finder's fee from the pool store with great success though.
I think in this environment you must think out of the box. What worked last year might not work today so you have to adapt and over come. Just like in the military.  |
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