Free Tools & Resources
Everything I've built for handymen, free
No sign-up, no email, no catch. Work out what to charge, find out how long jobs take, get yourself on Google, and figure out whether you can afford to hire.
Pricing & Estimating
Start here. Almost every problem a handyman brings me turns out to be a pricing problem wearing a different hat.
Hourly Rate Audit Calculator
Put in your real expenses and the pay you actually want, and find out what you need to charge to get there. Then check it against what you really made last month.
Work out my rate → Price GuideHandyman Price List
65 common jobs with the time each one actually takes, from my own decade in the field. Type in your rate and it prices every job for you.
See the job times → AI ToolBuild Your Own AI Estimator
Paste one prompt into Claude, answer about ten questions about how you price, and walk away with an estimator that knows your rates. It writes the internal worksheet, the customer estimate, and the text message to send with it. Fifteen minutes to set up, once.
Get the prompt →Getting Found
The phone has to ring before anything else matters.
Google Business Profile Setup
How to get on the map when someone searches "handyman near me" - including exactly what to film for video verification, which is where most handymen get stuck.
Set mine up → RecommendedMarketing Help
When you're ready to spend money on getting found, these are the people I point handymen toward.
Take a look →Growing the Business
The decisions that turn a job you own into a business you run.
Should I Hire?
The scariest decision you'll make. Find out what an employee really costs you per billable hour, and how many hours he has to bill before he pays for himself.
Run my numbers → ReferenceLicense Limits by State
How big a job you can legally take without a contractor's license, for all 50 states and DC, with a link to every state board so you can check it yourself.
Find my state →Keep Learning
Free every week, in whatever format suits you.
Used the tools and still stuck?
That's usually the point where a conversation beats another calculator. Fifteen minutes, no pitch, and I'll tell you straight what I'd fix first.