Still a tad high but much better. Ill take my consulting fee in silver hehe.

Its very difficult judging prices right now. I am having a difficult time finding help. And even the inexperienced help is costing me a fortune in wages. Which of course raises the cost of my Worker Comp and Unemployment "contributions".

I have raised my prices too. I have had too. My costs are skyrocketing but builders are slow to keep pace. So I have to try and make up some of these losses through homeowner work.

I really hate doing this because I feel in the long run it is a detriment. But what am I to do? Most of us contractors are barely hanging on atm and when they raise interest rates again I see 2008 all over again. In 2008 if I hadnt had federal contracts with HUD and at the VA I would have lost everything. I dont have that this time.

But this time around all my equipment is paid off except for a couple trucks If the company loses them because it cant pay the bills Ill just retire. In 2008 I was early 40s with a couple kids still at home. This time Im 58, kids grown and gone, house and 3 different parcels around the State paid for in full. I dont want to retire though, I was hoping to do this forever at a slower pace. Maybe get rid of the builders production work and just do a few decorative and custom jobs for homeowners.

Still a tad high but much better. Ill take my consulting fee in silver hehe.

Its very difficult judging prices right now. I am having a difficult time finding help. And even the inexperienced help is costing me a fortune in wages. Which of course raises the cost of my Worker Comp and Unemployment "contributions".

I have raised my prices too. I have had too. My costs are skyrocketing but builders are slow to keep pace. So I have to try and make up some of these losses through homeowner work.

I really hate doing this because I feel in the long run it is a detriment. But what am I to do? Most of us contractors are barely hanging on atm and when they raise interest rates again I see 2008 all over again. In 2008 if I hadnt had federal contracts with HUD and at the VA I would have lost everything. I dont have that this time.

But this time around all my equipment is paid off except for a couple trucks If the company loses them because it cant pay the bills Ill just retire. In 2008 I was early 40s with a couple kids still at home. This time Im 58, kids grown and gone, house and 3 different parcels around the State paid for in full.

Still a tad high but much better. Ill take my consulting fee in silver hehe.

Its very difficult judging prices right now. I am having a difficult time finding help. And even the inexperienced help is costing me a fortune in wages. Which of course raises the cost of my Worker Comp and Unemployment "contributions".

I have raised my prices too. I have had too. My costs are skyrocketing but builders are slow to keep pace. So I have to try and make up some of these losses through homeowner work.

I really hate doing this because I feel in the long run it is a detriment. But what am I to do? Most of us contractors are barely hanging on atm and when they raise interest rates again I see 2008 all over again. In 2008 if I hadnt had federal contracts with HUD and at the VA I would have lost everything.