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, see which jobs actually made money, 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 → DownloadPer Job Money Tracker
A spreadsheet that tells you which jobs made money and which quietly cost you — and which lead sources are actually worth what you pay for them.
Download the tracker → AI ToolBuild Your Own AI Estimator
Paste one prompt into Claude, answer ten questions about how you price, and walk away with an estimator that knows your rates and writes your estimates. Fifteen minutes, 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 per billable hour, and how many hours he has to bill before he pays for himself.
Run my numbers → CalculatorWhat's Your Business Worth?
Three years of numbers and six honest questions, and it tells you roughly what a buyer would pay — plus what each thing you can't tick yet is costing you.
Find my number → ReferenceHandyman License 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. The limits run from nothing at all to $40,000, and most handymen have never looked theirs up.
Find my state →Handyman Business FAQ
Twenty-five questions I get asked constantly, answered the way I'd answer them on a phone call. What to charge, whether you need a license, how to get customers, when to hire, and why you can be busy all year and still broke.
Read the answers →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.