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Starting Your Career as a Contractor: How to Build and Run a Construction Business by [Claudiu Fatu]

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Starting Your Career as a Contractor: How to Build and Run a Construction Business Kindle Edition

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This incisive, practical guide provides a thorough breakdown of the ins and outs everyone needs to know when turning contracting skills into a business. From summoning the motivation to start your own business to the intricacies of being your own boss, Claudiu Fatu artfully turns his personal experiences and those of other successful contractors into advice on every aspect of building a business. The chapters focus on:

Developing a business structure, including bank accounts, tax registration, insurance, and branding
Handling legal and accounting hurdles
Managing employees and dealing with clients
Using marketing systems to find and book work
Estimating and bidding on jobs
Writing contracts
Creating invoices and a billing system
Controlling costs, keeping records, and understanding profit margin
Planning retirement and other benefits for the self-employed

By teaching contractors to anticipate problems that can arise when dealing with clients, and to build a business plan that can support a contractor’s talents in the best way possible, Starting Your Career as a Contractor is the ultimate manual to getting the job done right!

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March 17 2015
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Claudiu Fatu has been passionate about handiwork his entire life and is the sole owner of FATU Inc. Construction. He is a US Army combat veteran, and he worked on Wall Street before the market downturn in 2008. He currently lives and works as a contractor in New York City. --This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00USBMEL4
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Allworth (March 17 2015)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1427 KB
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1621534588

Best Sellers Rank: #451,340 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #16 in Contracting Home Improvements eBooks
- #68 in Pricing
- #70 in Pricing Management

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Being in the construction field, I have learned many tough lessons the hard way. Writing about them, actually made me think critically about my own business. It gave me time away from the stressful job site environment to reflect on how I could become better. All the real-world practical advice should save the soon-to-be contractor many heartaches.

I am delighted to share my experience with all those who seek it. We can all learn something from each other.

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robert

Didn't read the entire book but hated it

Reviewed in Canada on January 9, 2022

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Again I have trouble with connecting the title with the contents

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Client d'Amazon

Reviewed in Canada on July 25, 2018

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Legit information. Could be more practical. It looks like the author is giving unclear tips and is too general in his advice.

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Javaholic

Great book! Relevant.

Reviewed in Canada on March 15, 2018

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Great book! Good overview of what it takes and the important points.

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Ana C

It’s ok

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 3, 2019

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Expected a bit more professional information.
The book is ok for beginners in business.

Mr RW LEONARD

Fascinating and practical advice

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 5, 2018

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Clear straightforward advice, much that Claudiu has written I have experienced in my own property journey. A must read to any aspiring property entrepreneur.

Nathan

Good read.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 4, 2019

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Very easy read, informative and written by someone who has walked the walk.

Daniel

Good start up

Reviewed in the United States on May 29, 2021

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I’ve returned it because it’s for beginners and it’s about how to set your mind, I guess it’s good for someone who didn’t have any business before

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Viktor Stakhov

Required reading for contractors who want to do it right.

Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2016

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The name says it all. If you are thinking of starting your own business and would like to do it a right way from a get go, this book is exactly what you need. Claudiu gets deep into details and tells everything from what it takes to be a great contractor, how to be a good boss to your employees, and all the rest of blows and whistles of running a small residential remodel company.
This book is full of practical advices from a person who's done it many times and willing to share his knowledge as is. Very easy to read.
Initially I bought this book for my Kindle, but ended up buying a paperback as well so I could easier skim through highlited areas. Reading it for a second time now and would definatelly recommend to anyone who wants to be a contractor.

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