All Forum Posts by: Matthew Paul

Just hire a full time lifeguard .

Your best security is your neighbors , they are right there and see whats going on at your property .   What I would do is talk to the neighbor and mention that the fence looks like crap and I am willing to replace it on my dime . The neighbor will probably be thrilled with that . At the same time exchange phone numbers . Now if and when there is ever a problem at the property , they will give a friendly call 

There are 50 states in this country . Pick one or two .  There are good deals in all of them

Gotta love Baltimore  AND Maryland .    Water bill increase in the city , AND the Legislators are working on raising property taxes and fees .

 Global warming ?  There is 8 inches of SNOW in Florida . And 11 degrees in Maryland .  Nope no warming 

@Diana Teng Ask yourself this , would you buy a used car without looking at it ?   And you are wondering if you should spend lets say $125,000 on a house you have never seen ?  In an area you know nothing about ?  And you are thinking of trusting someone who will also make money off this transaction ?  

Then you arent investing , you are gambling . 

 The kids around here get $100 for a 2 car driveway .  ( Maryland )  

Small parking lot 12 cars plow and salt $450 . 2 in trigger 

Costs are regional for sure 

" fully furnished with everything you need or want "

I will add this . One of my good subs has 25 employees , There is a girl in his office that makes a bit over minimum wage . She is a single mother with 1 child and one on the way and lives with the father who owns his house and  has a great paying job .  She has been not the greatest employee and they want to let her go but were afraid of a lawsuit .  SO WAIT FOR THIS 

THEY GAVE HER A RAISE , yes , increased her pay , more money . And she was livid , upset , mad , turned it down .  WHY ?     BECAUSE SHE WOULD LOSE ALLher benefits  .  So she begged them to fire her . BECAUSE if she quit she wouldnt get unemployment on top of the absurd amount of benefits she was getting . ( the amount she gets is between $50k and $70K based on what she showed a coworker) . 

Oh , she drives a 2022 suburban which the baby daddy co signed on ( $47,000 )  

THIS IS WHATS WRONG WITH  OUR SYSTEM 

 Thats why we dont charge by hour for snow , its by the push , or by the inch . 

Snow plowing is an emergency service , we are on call 24/7 for the entire winter , the prices you pay cover the salt that we stock , the prep for each storm , the desalting of the trucks , the overtime . Not just the plowing and salting itself .  ( I keep 30 tons on hand before each storm ) 

We are sending trucks and men out in terrible conditions for long periods of time , at all hours of the day . To get things done as quick as possible , charging by the hour cost the contractor money , charging by the push/inch  is the most profitable way to do snow . 

@Alecia Loveless  We plow AND salt , we dont give the customer an option .  You have to plow and salt each storm to prepare  for the next storm . We use SNOW plows and SNOW blowers , not ICE plows or ICE blowers .