All Forum Posts by: Nash Garceau

First off, thank you BP community for providing so much value! Lots of great information in these forums. I'm an experienced carpenter/handyman looking to relocate to the West Palm Beach area. If any investors are looking for this kind of work I would love to connect. I'm looking for a month to month rental to get my feet on the ground and open to discussing 'live in' work trade if anyone has a property where that might make sense. I'm currently working with a high end general contracting company in Connecticut and have experience from basic framing to finish carpentry. Clean background and strong credit. If anyone knows of an investor in the West Palm Beach area that this may provide value to, please reach out to connect! 

@Yael Lederman That's a great point. It's very hard to scale before actually working with them. Do you have any initial red flags that would turn you away from a contractor before starting a project? 

@Bob Stevens That is definitely the baseline and no arguing there. Do you put more weight into handymen that offer the lowest prices for OK work? Or have you been willing to pay a higher premium for quality work that you know will last? 

@Yael Lederman Trust seems to be a consistent trait I get when I ask this question. As you mentioned, this is hard to assess. Have you used certain questions during the hiring process to scale how trustworthy a contractor may be? 

Hello BP family! 

I wanted to start a conversation about the qualities that make a "great handyman". 

For a brief backstory, I grew up in a family of general contractors and am now creating a business for myself. The vision is to be a handyman specifically catering to investors and investment properties. Providing investors with a handyman that understands the importance of ROI, market rents, CapEx, etc.

Seeing as BiggerPockets is the watering hole for all great investors (A.K.A. my target market), I wanted to ask directly what works and what doesn't in regards to handyman services. What has made the experience feel light? What has made it feel heavy? What red flags do you look for? 

Looking forward to the views of the BP community!

-Nash, The Investors Handyman