it's been a while since ive been on here but I started a business!

[Daniel Fitzroy]

Hi everyone,

I haven't been on this forum in about 3 years or at least it seems. I want to thank you guys for answering some questions I had and just share the good news that I fired my boss and stopped being a typical 9-5 employee for a company or companies that don't care about me. I was fed up with dealing with being treated like crap by coworkers who for some reason looked down on me. They also complained about the job and chose never to leave or do anything other than bring me down. for 3 years I struggled at dead end jobs and was burnt out and getting sick from all the drama. At one point I almost got in a fight with a guy who was ragging on me for no reason. I would stay an hour late past closing by myself to fix other lazy coworkers messes and straighten up and put tires away and clean up, then show up two minutes late the next day and get screamed at for it even after pointing out all the help I did the night before. I can't deal with this. Not to mention how they gave me crap jobs and always promised more pay but never would.I could't even pay my bills so I had nothing to lose if starting my own business. I quit and it's been tough but I am now the owner of a small solo lawn care landscaping company Called Top Notch Property Service LLC. I started my business last year and have learned so much. I dream of someday having the business produce enough that I can get into real estate during the off season/winter months and start burring houses to rent out. I've learned so much being my own boss and for me its perfect. I still work my tail off and need to eventually hire help before I burn out but it's amazing. I work with great clients, I am constantly busy and I am so excited I don't have to be talked down to by anyone ever agian. I"m free to work when I choose. however much I choose. I am studying podcasts while I work when I used to literally get screamed at for doing so at my job. It's a great feeling. I also used to install the mulch at the place I worked and it took me all day. I"de earn like maybe $100 or less as a mechanic at a tire shop. So I just did my first mulch job this year (similar sized job but working for myself now) while listening to my headphones studying and earned $500. for about 8 hours worth of work. The Freedom is amazing. To heck with working for a bad boss and negative co workers. Hope you all are doing well so excited to be back on here.

[Scott Mac]

Quote from @Daniel Fitzroy:

 [1] Summation: I'm no longer a W2 Slave, I'm  my own man. Sink swim or float I'm the Captain of my own boat.

[2] Advice: Paragraphs make it easier to read.

[3] Congratulations: <--(see this).

[4] Payroll: It's is a Red Tape jungle of posters in languages and FICA/FUCA/Workers Comp. State unemployment, withholding for the IRS and state and sometime cities. Quarterly reports to multiple taxing authorities, and a Byzantinium of laws that are not all consolidated in one place where if you break one, or don't know about it large fines ensue.

You might say complying with all of the Red Tape is a Constant (inople) headache. So learning how to manage your cash flow to be able to meet payroll is a skill you need to learn, as well as how to (Run Payroll). 

Many use a payroll service to Run Payroll and to comply with the filings, some use a tax person for some of the filings. Expect to learn about payroll at least 6 months before you intend to hire someone. 

 [5] SCORE: Look into SCORE, and find a person you are very comfortable with. For  local advice on how to grow your business, and for advice on learning payroll.

https://www.score.org/find-mentor

Good Luck!

(and if you get the play on words in the above, you get an extra point)