As mentioned in an earlier post "GonnaBe a DAD" My wife and I will be new parents. This means either keeping the old shop truck (a '98 lowered extreme) and buying, insuring and maintaining a 3rd Family Car.
My wife is swapping her 2 dr coupe for the 4 dr accord too.
So I have ordered a 4 dr. crew cab F250 4x4. We were thinking durango before we knew we were going to need child seat area.
So, when I saw the sticker on a beast like the 250, ($38,000) ouch! I decided the truck would have to earn it's keep.
Now I do work for a dozen Landscapers who own hundreds of these trucks, and discovered that ALL of them have that money making device called a snow plow mounted on them.
I say "how much do you guys really make with those?" Most replied: "Enough to make the truck payments for the year".
Now since most of us sign guys know a few Property Management Owners, I called and asked to see a few Snow Plow contracts.
Most billed $90/hr. for 150 hrs. last year.
I ordered a plow for mine after they told me I could have the contracts if I wanted them to earn extra cash next winter.
It always slows down when it snows, Now I know where the Money is.
Anyone else have ways of "cashin' in" on these contacts?
Posted by Ken Henry (Member # 598) on :
Here's another way that Property Managers can be advantageous to have a good working relationship with: We have a long-time client who manages and leases Commercial Space in a number of industrial plazas. At any given time, they seem to have a unit or two that's vacant and awaiting a new tennant. Occasionally, I run into a project that will require more space to complete, than I have available. One phone call to this client and I can usually arrange to rent the short-term space that I require. It gives them some income against empty space that they'd ordinarily have none for, and it provides me with a fairly good solution to a temporary space shortage.
Posted by Raymond Chapman (Member # 361) on :
Mike, that's agreat idea. I think I'll get one for my Mazda.
Posted by Santo (Member # 411) on :
It'll never work in Texas, Ray, unless you could use it to shovel mosquitoes.
Posted by David Harding (Member # 108) on :
There's a lot of other stuff besides mosquitos to shovel in Texas.
Posted by Mark Perkins (Member # 296) on :
I asked a local property manager about one of those plowing jobs......he pointed to a soybean field and told me I needed a John Deere
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