- Paperback: 365 pages
- Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 2nd edition (Feb 1 1997)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0070718296
- ISBN-13: 978-0070718296
- Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 18.8 x 2.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 794 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,599,084 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Run your own profit-making contracting business. If you're a building professional with the technical skills and desire to work on your own, the Second Edition of R. Dodge Woodson's Be a Successful Building Contractor will give you the business savvy you need to set up and manage a profit-making enterprise! Packed with dozens of handy business forms, the book will help you define your business requirements-find desirable building lots-build on speculation-computerize your operations-track financial transactions-hire top-notch employees-and much more. You get everything you need to: choose the best business structure for your company-corporation, partnership or sole proprietorship; avoid 15 common buisness mistakes-from incurring heavy overhead to selecting poor subcontractors; deal with subcontractors, suppliers and code officers; work with bankers and real estate brokers; purchase trucks, tools, equipmet and inventory; develop job-winning bidding methods; manage jobs efficiently for maximum profits; and much more.
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Make sure you build profits when you build! Be a Successful Building Contractor, Second Edition Many building contractors lack the business skills they need to make the big money in construction. In this fully updated and revised version of his bestselling Building Contractor, R. Dodge Woodson covers all the ins and outs of starting and running a profitable enterprise in today's construction market. Tapping his experience as a builder, developer, and real estate broker Woodson provides even more builder-specific guidelines in this edition. He also discusses new computerization techniques that simplify construction projects. Turn here for advice on how to: Bid for jobs; Get financing; Price materials and services; Open a construction office; Deal with subcontractors and suppliers; Advertise your business; Deal with taxes and legal obligations; Manage employees; Build on spec; Avoid the 15 financially fatal flaws that sabotage builders. Financial worksheets make it easier to determine costs for projects. There's also a "pitfalls" checklist that helps you avoid problems from lead, asbestos, flooding, and other hazards. No matter what "tools" you need to turn a profit in construction, you'll find them here.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
He knows a little about a lot,
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This review is from: Be A Successful Building Contractor (Paperback)
While I am only about 85% of the way through this book let me say that I have found some very informative material. I have also found some VERY VERY wrong information. As a financial advisor turned contractor I am currently in the "Planning for your future" chapter and have found some terrible advice. It leads me to believe that although he was a succesful builder and did well that he doesn't know when to shut-up about things he really has no idea about.I have enjoyed the book so far but it really is outdated and needs to be revised or pulled off the shelf so that inexperienced builders do not use his "past there prime" ideas in todays market. If you are in the market for industry books then you can do better. There are books out there that are much more current than this one. Buy a specialty book and stay away from the guys that think they know it all.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Beware,
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This review is from: Be A Successful Building Contractor (Paperback)
Book lacks detail, and content. Book is misleading and is simple over priced toilet paper
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Watch Out!,
By P A Beer "Pieter de Beer" (Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal South Africa) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Be A Successful Building Contractor (Paperback)
If you are new to the building business - this is definitely NOT the book to buy or read. I found the book to be very general speaking on all 26 topics being discussed. E.g. topics on computers - why to use them or not - are completely outdated.This book lacks a lot of detail. It scans over most items and I really find it difficult to highlight facts that I would re-read later. This book will NOT make me a successful Builder - just a frustrated reader.
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