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re: Anyone here do lawn/landscape for a living?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:45 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Posted on 7/28/26 at 10:45 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I had a neighbor once that was a teacher/coach.He painted houses in summer,said he made more in 2 months painting than he did all year teaching.
There used to be a guy out at Deville that was a teacher,got into painting and became a full time paint/drywall contractor.He was pretty well fixed had a good many employees.
There used to be a guy out at Deville that was a teacher,got into painting and became a full time paint/drywall contractor.He was pretty well fixed had a good many employees.
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Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:21 pm to Dolphinepride
quote:this. As I said the dude who does mine works his arse off. Way harder than I want and he’s my age. They just got done here and you can’t start early enough to avoid it. It’s brutal out of the shade and that’s where my grass is. And it’s Bahia
At the end of the day its still manual labor so your trading your body for money.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 12:40 pm to Dolphinepride
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Hardest part is finding clients or marketing got to pay to play.
This seems like the biggest thing that gets glossed over in the YouTube sales pitch, I can’t imagine it’s easy to build a stable client base.
How are you getting your name out there and competing against any dude with a zero turn and a trailer who will do it for 30 bucks?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 2:25 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
About 25 years ago I had around 90 yards all over the southshore. Hardest thing for me was crappy workers.
Can be great money but it takes time to build a book. You also have to figure out what to do for $$ November through April.
Can be great money but it takes time to build a book. You also have to figure out what to do for $$ November through April.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:24 pm to TheDrunkenTigah
I had good luck with EDDM and door hangers. I paid a guy to hang them for me and I have zero internet or other marketing.
paid about 600 or so for EDDM (800 mail pieces) and got 3 clients and paid 175 for the guy to pass out my door hangers and picked up another 4 that way. irrc I paid 200 or 300 for 500 door hangers. I also have started to get approached while im working from other homeowners that I'm guessing have seen me over the years. ive picked up 4 new clients that way too.
I don't know my CAC off hand but I didn't make all of my money back until this past week. I only "work" 4 days a month though
The chuck with a truck offering 30 buck lawns is also not calling clients back or doing as good as a job as you are. The common complaints I hear are not keep a schedule and being hard to communicate with.
You still need to account for churn though and clients will let you go for whatever reason. It could be price or maybe they don't like the way you weed eat. It doesn't matter unless you keep getting the same complaints over and over.
paid about 600 or so for EDDM (800 mail pieces) and got 3 clients and paid 175 for the guy to pass out my door hangers and picked up another 4 that way. irrc I paid 200 or 300 for 500 door hangers. I also have started to get approached while im working from other homeowners that I'm guessing have seen me over the years. ive picked up 4 new clients that way too.
I don't know my CAC off hand but I didn't make all of my money back until this past week. I only "work" 4 days a month though
The chuck with a truck offering 30 buck lawns is also not calling clients back or doing as good as a job as you are. The common complaints I hear are not keep a schedule and being hard to communicate with.
You still need to account for churn though and clients will let you go for whatever reason. It could be price or maybe they don't like the way you weed eat. It doesn't matter unless you keep getting the same complaints over and over.
Posted on 7/28/26 at 3:34 pm to mikie421
Sounds like you have gotten where I wanna be. What got you out or did you just find a better opportunity?
Posted on 7/28/26 at 8:38 pm to Dolphinepride
Man I obviously don’t know much about this game but it seems like you really need to establish at least some kind of online presence.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 4:40 am to cgrand
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mine and my neighbors’ are both six acres and I think his remaining are smaller. He cuts every lawn 2x a month. We pay him 175 per cut.
After 40 years of home ownership and maybe twice paying someone to mow my grass in yards up to one acre, a year ago moved to a place with about 2 acres to cut. Had a guy charge $135 including blowing off the driveway and "edging" a bit of sidewalk. Seemed high to me but figured that was the market. Decided to go back to doing it myself with lawn tractor and recently bought a ZTR, cutting my time in half and no longer dread mowing. Figure I can sell the ZTR when/if I move to smaller place for reasonable resale. $175 for six acres seems like a bargain.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 7:06 am to LSUA 75
Just like anything else, it’s all about getting the clients/customers.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 7:17 am to TheDrunkenTigah
I think its leaving money on the table but many lawn company or business in general dont bother with internet stuff. I know of people who only grew via wom and got so big they dont need any marketing at all.
Posted on 7/29/26 at 8:47 am to TheDrunkenTigah
Seeing all the crews, trucks and equip owned by Treppendahl Landscaping, it must be possible to profit with a scaled up operation. Organizing and paying those Hispanic crews must be a huge headache. Imagine getting a lucrative sounding contract from a HOA only to find that you don't get paid because few people pay their membership. Good Luck.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:29 am to tide06
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How big is your yard, that seems high?
Unless 90% of that is open field, 175 for 3 acres is actually not charging enough.
Posted on 7/30/26 at 10:37 am to Tree_Fall
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Seeing all the crews, trucks and equip owned by Treppendahl Landscaping, it must be possible to profit with a scaled up operation. Organizing and paying those Hispanic crews must be a huge headache. Imagine getting a lucrative sounding contract from a HOA only to find that you don't get paid because few people pay their membership. Good Luck.
They do A LOT of FB marketing and other marketing as well.
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