Earning Money

Believe it or not, there is a lot of money to be made in landscaping. And it’s an easy job if you’re good at it. It’s manual labor, but think of it this way…If you’re like me and could lose a couple of pounds, what’s better than mowing people’s lawns, cutting their hedges, clearing branches out of the backyard to get rid of those few pounds? And the work is not that difficult. But, this blog isn’t a self-help blog to motivate you to lose weight. My opinion on that is if you want to do it, you’ll do it; if you don’t, you won’t. This blog is about making money. You want Benjamin Franklins. And I want to do everything I can to help you get that.

One of the first things that you need to try and do is get the necessary tools. Naturally, I recommend a lawnmower. The size does not matter, but if you can get a tractor, that mows more lawn in half the time and since the day is only so long, the more lawn you can cut in half the time, the better it is. I recommend getting a weed whacker because that’ll take care of what a lot of people hate most about their lawns: the outer edges that grow in and look ugly as hell. Get some hedge clippers to try and even them out and make them look relatively presentable. Put it this way…Anything you can get for inexpensive that’ll help you ‘expand’ is important.

The difficult thing that people forget about this type of business is they don’t keep records. Basically, if they bring in five hundred dollars in one day, they’ll just pocket all of that money and call it a day. This is the wrong way to do business. When you run a business, you want to take a salary for yourself and that’s that. Ensure that the rest of the money is going into a bank account of sorts. What do you do if your lawn mower breaks and you have no money saved up to get a new one? Your business dies. You need to have money for accidents and that’s what a lot of business people forget to do. If you expect things to happen, you’ll be prepared for when they do.

The final thing I want to touch on is hiring people. I’ve seen people start up a landscaping company and then hire five or six people because their mentality is, “if I hire a lot, I can get more work done.” This is true. However, you need a lot of work for that to really be of any benefit for you. If you’re getting one or two projects a day, do it by yourself, don’t hire a single person. However, if you’re starting to get ten or fifteen projects a day, it’s time to get some staff. Hire people you can depend on, not people that you like. It’s business, you don’t need to like the person…You need to work well with them. Get people that’ll work and you’ll see your money will be well spent.

Starting this type of a business is difficult because it is manual labor. However, keep in mind one thing that my friend once taught me. When someone is lazy, you can reap the riches. People are lazy in this world and to spend forty bucks to get their lawn mowed is nothing if they don’t have to do it. You’ll be surprised the money you can make simply because other people are lazy as hell. Benefit from their misfortunes. If they want to pay someone to mow their lawn, BE that person. Take a chunk of the market. It’s the perfect time, especially since its summer. Good luck.

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