Carpentry Guide
Build a bounded turnover-repair or finish-work carpentry business only after honestly confirming trade skill and the required license, insurance, and permits. This 24-page guide walks through the zero-budget test of calling property managers about turnover repair wait times, separating finish work from structural and electrical work you're not licensed for, and the estimating discipline that keeps a twenty-percent underbid from costing three weeks of work — plus seven working templates to run it with.
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What It Covers
Confirm competency and licensing honestly before quoting — carpentry sells a trade, and unlike coaching or writing, customers can see quality from across the room. Test demand by calling property managers and real estate agents about how long tenants wait for repairs, since a multi-week wait is the gap and a prompt incumbent is competition. Separate finish repair from structural, electrical, plumbing, hazardous-material, and design work that requires a different license. Track labor, materials, waste, travel, rework, subcontractors, and changes by job, and use the startup, budget, estimate, and work authorization templates, plus the invoice, job tracker, and safety page, for every project.
Seven Working Templates
- Startup checklist
- Budget worksheet
- Estimate template
- Work authorization
- Invoice template
- Job tracker
- Safety page
This guide gives you the framework. A full plan for this trade isn’t written yet. To find out whether it can work in your own town, Make It Your Town ($49) gives you a market-check file right away, then I research your trade and zip code and email you what I find. 7-day refund, unless I’ve already emailed your research. Refund policy.