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How to start a construction company, no kid answers please?
You could say I'm a hardcore go get-er, I've graduated highschool with honours but decided not to go to university because my vision was different but now i'm having second thoughts. I always wanted to do something with properties, i started going door to door for lawncare when i was 16, by 17 i was doing landscaping with boulders and bobcats and building decks now 18 i continued doing that except i was doing a little bit of interior work. Now i'm recovering from a car accident that i had 2 months ago, i still can't walk, which gave me a load of free time to plan my future. I'm dreaming that one day maybe a decade later I will be building not just homes but industrial buildings, concrete based buildings, from car washes, plazas to condos. I know this gets so much more technical than stuff i'm doing. Would I be able to achieve this through the route i'm taking? should i go to school for architecture? Will I be able to just hire someone for that? Any help and insight will be appreciated
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- Boy do we need to talk. My Friend and I want to develop communities and commercial sites as well. The problem that we ran into is lack of capital. In order to get to the point to ask for capital there's money to be spent on getting a piece of land, all of the tests and surveys that have to be done and somewhere in there you have to fit in a profit projection. Email me and we can talk more. I've presented to COE's of companies who told me I'm on the right track so maybe I can help.
- There are so many different types of construction companies that you could start. Personally I think you would be best to start small in an isolated category. Like flooring or roofing, since you are just starting out. Let's say you started a flooring company. The best way, in my opinion, would be to start look in your states guidelines to see if you have to be certified. It varies from state to state. If you don't have to be certified in the area you choose (or if you get certified) the next step would be to go freelance for a couple of months. Invest in your equipment and do jobs freelance, by word of mouth or newspaper. After you have enough money saved, invest in more equipment. Once you've done that you can start small by adding 1 or 2 employees. Set a salary for your employees or pay them under the table (so that they have to pay their own taxes) and continue saving for more equipment so you can keep adding employees. Really that's the best way. Instead of getting a large loan and finding out 6 months later that it isn't working out, you'll only have a small investment to start with. As it grows you can go for the bigger loans for more equipment and expand your expertise to customers. Of course, you'll do the major things right off the bat such as a business license and insurance. After that everything will fall into place.
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