Bidding Commercial Flooring Jobs: What a GC Reads First
What a general contractor reads in a commercial flooring bid before the price: scope by spec section, exclusions, alternates, submittals and schedule.
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The questions that come before the insurance ones: starting, planning, pricing, growing, buying or selling a flooring business.
Buying a Flooring Business: A Due Diligence Checklist
A due diligence checklist for buying a flooring business: the records to request, assets or the company, what transfers, and insurance at closing.
Digital Marketing for Tile and Flooring Contractors
Digital marketing for tile and flooring contractors: a service-area Google profile, fair review requests, honest testimonials and lawful email.
The Equipment List for a New Flooring Installation Crew
What a new flooring crew needs, from layout and moisture tools to carpet stretchers, saws with dust control and the protective gear federal rules expect.
Writing a Flooring Business Plan: The Sections That Matter
What goes in each section of a flooring business plan, from the work mix and crews to the insurance a lender or general contractor will ask about.
What Shapes Profit in a Flooring Installation Business
The inputs that shape profit in a flooring installation business, from books and material waste to callbacks, change orders, slow pay, tools and insurance.
Choosing a Legal Structure for a Flooring Business
How a flooring business chooses among a sole proprietorship, partnership, LLC, corporation or S status, and what each one changes for taxes and insurance.
How to Grow a Flooring Business Past the Owner’s Own Crew
Growing a flooring business past one crew: payroll, a foreman, training, new work, new states and bigger contracts, and the insurance at each step.
Pricing Flooring Installation Jobs Without Guessing
How to build a flooring installation price from your real costs, a written scope, the insurance terms in a bid and a written process for changes.
Selling a Flooring Business: Process and the Insurance Handoff
How selling a flooring business works: records, confidential talks, deal structure, the crew and customer handoff, final tax filings and the insurance.
Starting a Flooring Business: What to Settle Before Job One
The order to settle a new flooring business in: structure, state registration, tax ID, licenses, a bank account, insurance, then the first installer.
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