One thing to mention is that a contractor’s license and insurance may be needed to really protect yourself. An LLC and HVAC cert are smart, but most likely not enough to truly be safe in case your work causes damage to a home. Cash “Side jobs” are the way to go for max profit but you have to be careful in how you select your clients, and approach things like warranties and liability with them.
I have owned a tech IT consulting business for nearly 30 years. I have started and sold other service industry businesses as well. I have been renovating houses and doing all the work for more than 20 years. I say all of this to ask: what is the fastest way to get an hvac license or certification? The trade schools around here are saying 9-18 months and that’s going every night who has time for that??, but I don’t need to learn how to use a hammer or flare copper lines or run a business. I just need to get certified and licensed so I can sell equipment. Just curious about your thoughts. I am in Mississippi and noticed MSU offers a virtual hvac cert course and I laughed at the idea of learning how to troubleshoot hvac virtually something about that is just wrong, but it might work for me since I’ve done most of it before. Great videos by the way! Used your hot water heater drain valve trick the other day and it worked like a champ.
Great video... loved the tips and info! I plan to join your channel to access your tech videos in Sept (I'm assuming it's a month to month subscription).
You can use your last name for now. Like Goodman HVAC for example if that is your name. Then later once you've built a valuable company you could sell it and distance yourself by coming up with a corporate name to replace your personal brand.
I see nobody has answered your question. When I was working , I carried many capacitors. Oval and round. About 8 blower and condenser fan motors. Wire. Connectors. Lubricants. A adjustable blower belt. A few filters of standard sizes. Coil cleaners. Garden sprayer. Business cards. I'm available if you need to ask a question. 35 years, residential, commercial, industrial, boilers, chillers and digital controls. I've been retired for 7 years.
i see no one hiring without 2-5+ years experience and i see guys in the trade leaving for auto body shops because of the low pay and decline of demand. looks like the market is over-saturated with hvac people.
@@AddyEspresso Decide what you want to do more than anything else. Don't let anyone else determine what that is, so that's a bad question... _for you!_
I never believe in “oversaturated”. When I started my IT support business in the 90’s everybody and their brother were “computer guys” and it meant nothing because most couldn’t troubleshoot their way out of a paper bag. Learn your trade, be professional, look professional, be punctual and the best at what you do and you will always succeed. Be better than everybody else and actually know what you’re talking about. Care about your job and customers.
If you know what you’re doing and know how to run a business, the sky is the limit. Most blue collar guys know the former but not the latter. A good CRM system is a must to scale.
i'd like to know where you got the $5k/day figure. in the video he stated $100k-$150k a year, which translates to $274-$411/day. which is quite impressive for a single person. if doing new installs only that could be over 40 of them. there are 52 weeks in a year. how many air conditioners can you install in a week? how many people in your 20mi radius getting new ac units? (everyone i know gets a window or portable unit when the house unit dies)
@jasonbay13 5:23 From what I can find, there are 448k households and a population of 1.25mil in salt lake Metro. If you want to do math, that's 61 new units needed daily if the households need to replace every 20 years. That's excluding businesses. And if you can't get multiple new units a week then why put the absurd profit figure in the video? It was a simple question and I'm aware he gave a yearly number.
$5000 a day x 250 days a year is $1,250,000. That seems a little high. Are you sure those are the correct figures? I wouldn't want people to dive in to doing HVAC work with bad numbers.
Some days cost you money and some days you make no money at all. It balances out but I'd say, unless he is installing a new system everyday, its not going to happen. Even so, if his labor and materials profit are going to be that amount on a job for me, he will lose that sale for sure.
House Call Pro wants all my personal information, gives no detailed information, _and most importantly no pricing!_ I could call them, but why should I have to do that. Be upfront from the beginning, without anyone having to give up all of their personal information!
Oh you mean gestures? I guess you just leave your hands by your side when you talk or just hold em in front of you like Ricky Bobby 🤣🤣 Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out haha
One of your videos that you talked about skillcat changed my life. Thank you, God bless you.
I’m about to start my HVAC studies on Skillcat
@@willb8160get your EPA 608 universal first at SkillCat
I agree. Taxes = throwing money out the window.
One thing to mention is that a contractor’s license and insurance may be needed to really protect yourself. An LLC and HVAC cert are smart, but most likely not enough to truly be safe in case your work causes damage to a home.
Cash “Side jobs” are the way to go for max profit but you have to be careful in how you select your clients, and approach things like warranties and liability with them.
You show those of us so much that are just guessing how to do things for ourselves and your personality and kindness is awesome. Thank you.
Awesome video. Very educational. Keep up the good work.
You've done well and your experience shows in your videos. You provide some great info for us DIY newbies. Thanks!
Even if not doing this exact line of business this is AWESOME info!
Love your channel
I have owned a tech IT consulting business for nearly 30 years. I have started and sold other service industry businesses as well. I have been renovating houses and doing all the work for more than 20 years. I say all of this to ask: what is the fastest way to get an hvac license or certification? The trade schools around here are saying 9-18 months and that’s going every night who has time for that??, but I don’t need to learn how to use a hammer or flare copper lines or run a business. I just need to get certified and licensed so I can sell equipment. Just curious about your thoughts. I am in Mississippi and noticed MSU offers a virtual hvac cert course and I laughed at the idea of learning how to troubleshoot hvac virtually something about that is just wrong, but it might work for me since I’ve done most of it before. Great videos by the way! Used your hot water heater drain valve trick the other day and it worked like a champ.
Love that your giving down or up. Regardless. It good to give credit to others almost always.
Great advice thank you 🙏 😊
Just started my own hvac company after being a technician for 20 years.
Awesome! Would love to connect.
Great video... loved the tips and info! I plan to join your channel to access your tech videos in Sept (I'm assuming it's a month to month subscription).
Yesir, cancellable at any time 🤘🏼
I always wanted to start A hvac Brand and Then a Hvac empire but don’t know the brand to name it
You can use your last name for now. Like Goodman HVAC for example if that is your name.
Then later once you've built a valuable company you could sell it and distance yourself by coming up with a corporate name to replace your personal brand.
@@AddyEspressoyea bc I Wanna be apart of the Johnson control company
@@MechagodzillaDraws You and everyone in North America sheesh
@@AddyEspresso OH WOW EVEN ALL THE PPLS IN NORTH AMERICA JOHNSON CONTROLS IS THT FANOUSE
What spare parts is a typical service truck equipped with? Do you carry multiple sizes of capacitors, fan motors, thermostats,etc?
I see nobody has answered your question. When I was working , I carried many capacitors. Oval and round. About 8 blower and condenser fan motors. Wire. Connectors. Lubricants. A adjustable blower belt. A few filters of standard sizes. Coil cleaners. Garden sprayer. Business cards. I'm available if you need to ask a question. 35 years, residential, commercial, industrial, boilers, chillers and digital controls. I've been retired for 7 years.
i see no one hiring without 2-5+ years experience and i see guys in the trade leaving for auto body shops because of the low pay and decline of demand. looks like the market is over-saturated with hvac people.
@@jasonbay13 What should I do instead?
@@AddyEspresso Decide what you want to do more than anything else. Don't let anyone else determine what that is, so that's a bad question... _for you!_
@@MundiTaurus What in the mumbo jumbo
I never believe in “oversaturated”. When I started my IT support business in the 90’s everybody and their brother were “computer guys” and it meant nothing because most couldn’t troubleshoot their way out of a paper bag. Learn your trade, be professional, look professional, be punctual and the best at what you do and you will always succeed. Be better than everybody else and actually know what you’re talking about. Care about your job and customers.
This is complete hog wash must not live in fl everyone is hiring here
If you know what you’re doing and know how to run a business, the sky is the limit. Most blue collar guys know the former but not the latter. A good CRM system is a must to scale.
Can you explain why you would stop a job that paid $5k/day?
i'd like to know where you got the $5k/day figure. in the video he stated $100k-$150k a year, which translates to $274-$411/day. which is quite impressive for a single person. if doing new installs only that could be over 40 of them. there are 52 weeks in a year. how many air conditioners can you install in a week? how many people in your 20mi radius getting new ac units? (everyone i know gets a window or portable unit when the house unit dies)
@jasonbay13 5:23 From what I can find, there are 448k households and a population of 1.25mil in salt lake Metro. If you want to do math, that's 61 new units needed daily if the households need to replace every 20 years. That's excluding businesses. And if you can't get multiple new units a week then why put the absurd profit figure in the video? It was a simple question and I'm aware he gave a yearly number.
$5000 a day x 250 days a year is $1,250,000. That seems a little high. Are you sure those are the correct figures? I wouldn't want people to dive in to doing HVAC work with bad numbers.
Some days cost you money and some days you make no money at all. It balances out but I'd say, unless he is installing a new system everyday, its not going to happen. Even so, if his labor and materials profit are going to be that amount on a job for me, he will lose that sale for sure.
You said you were going to tell us how to get our 608 license and then you turn around and wanted us to pay for it why. 9:52
House Call Pro wants all my personal information, gives no detailed information, _and most importantly no pricing!_ I could call them, but why should I have to do that. Be upfront from the beginning, without anyone having to give up all of their personal information!
I'm interested
You can't even control your constant hand / arm crappy over movements, yet we should trust you for advice?
Oh you mean gestures? I guess you just leave your hands by your side when you talk or just hold em in front of you like Ricky Bobby 🤣🤣 Don’t let the door hit ya on the way out haha
We should definitely trust him regardless of his hand movements. Good job explaining the hostory!
Kind of like me. Tie my hands behind my back... I could not talk!! LoL... 🤣