All Forum Posts by: Dalton Foote

Hello all,

My startup has gained some traction and is now partnered with two major property management companies to complete maintenance and rehab work for but I need more people to do the work! Good problem to have if I might say so but does anyone have experience staffing/contracting on a tight deadline? I have been a pm and operations manager before for larger companies that had more capital and market presence to seek out workers but what are your guys recommendations in a smaller environment? I do know how to market on the general job boards and plan on doing so and interviewing very shortly and I do have plenty of licensed guys that I utilize but it’s been tough to find handymen or “do it all” type of guys. Just throwing this out there to see if anyone else has some innovative ideas or tricks. Thanks in advance! 

@Eliott Elias @Drew Sygit @Chris Seveney @Chris Webb Thanks for the advice guys! Definitely trying to put myself out there more as I have a lot to offer but it’s difficult especially with the stringent mediators on this app. Which I understand because a lot of people get spammy wanting everything in return for nothing so I guess there’s that. 

I find myself with plenty of spare time through the week and especially the weekend. My day job is pretty flexible on certain days and I’m always free evenings and weekends. I have been trying to find a side hustle around the industry to do. I have a background in property management maintenance and construction. Any advice would be great! Not really interested in “driving for dollars” or being a real estate agent at this point. Let me know if I can be of any service to you all! 

@Tyler Lingle that would be great. Thanks Tyler! 

@Monique Pett

Monique,

I have been in the industry (for other companies) here in Indy so I have seen and heard all of what you stated. I personally pay my guys more than most because of what paying them less brings. Rather pay a little higher price at first to know that it will be done right the first time and by chance if something does screw up you can trust them to make it right. I have a few guys that work for me but we do not do it all at this point because I vet pretty heavily. I have other contacts though in the industry I could recommend though. If you ever need advice pm me! 

@Shankar Sridhar

Personally I have seen there is a lot of growth moving further east from Indy, but I am more so interested in the Southside. With the highway infrastructure there has been quite a bit more business and people moving south further because land is (was) cheaper. Martinsville has had a huge influx for example. That’s just my two sense however there are quite a bit of growing areas outside of the 465 loop. I work inside the loop and although there is gentrification happening in certain areas that made out of state investors flood in years ago, there are still a ton of run down areas close to downtown. I personally am looking outside the loop as competition is far less as well. 

@Peter Mckernan

Snowball effect is real! So many different aspects of like it’s just about getting started making progress and everything falls into place with consistency. 

@Chris Seveney 

Love it. Plan for the long run but don’t settle along the way. Always strive to be improving and getting closer to your goals consistently! A little everyday/week/month adds up for sure!

 Very true. Got to respect the people finding good enough deals that they don’t have to worry about any of that! 

 Erin,

That’s awesome! Very similar to where I’m at. I have almost doubled my w2 income the last 2 years and I’m only going up over the next 5. Any increases in pay is all stacked away for investments and business endeavors. Having a flexible W2 job as I have right now is a huge blessing to take on side projects of creating or building a business and having ample time to dedicate to! Thanks for sharing!