Hit $22,000 gross in two weeks as a handyman. I target upper middle class neighborhoods and go door to door. No ads, no flyers, no website yet even. Just magnetic business cards I hand out when I can’t make a sale.

I specialize in jobs that provide high perceived value that I can knock out quick and charge at least a couple hundred bucks for. Mostly exterior repairs, fixes, etc. Average around $200-$400 an hour per job that way.

It’s amazing how much effort and money people (Myself included in the past) put into getting customers to come to them but won’t take a single step in the other direction. Everything changed when I stopped focusing on building websites/apps, optimizing google ads, obsessing over my google business profile, etc and just went out and knocked on doors.

I was a software engineer for 10 years when I got laid off February 2024. Months of failed jobs apps led me to start doing some personal training, I had a lot of experience in the strength world and did ok, enough to pay bills but nothing like the salary I was used to. Started providing handyman services but wasn’t getting many leads through the usual recommendations for local service businesses. Needed cash fast and started going door to door. If I can do it, so can you. Get out there and make things happen, don’t just sit back and wait.