Definitely do so! I'm starting my lawn care business this spring & I want to work solo as long as possible, but I'm praying to get so busy I need help. I'm blessed to have an amazing woman who wants to answer calls, handle billing, estimates, etc. But what's even better is she wants to get outside & actually Work most of all. Good luck to both of you this year!
My wife has mentioned things like that in the past, especially wanting to help out when we're short-staffed. I always really appreciate it but I'm not comfortable going there. Not because she couldn't do a great job, some of my very best employees are women. I just don't want her to have to deal with the rigors of landscape work. I'd rather work harder myself and have her taking care of things on the home front. Call me old school! She does help out in the office though and that is much appreciated!
Do it !!! Although, she understands what you do, the in field experience will help her respect what you do a bit more😂😂. My wife worked with me multiple times this season. She respects what i do, but profits must add up. She gives me tips all the time.
No one ever believes me when I say this but quitting my job and starting my business allowed me to be the husband and father I’ve always wanted to be. I’m at all the school events, all the meetings, all the appointments and even better I get to be there for my friends whenever they need help. That’s freedom I didn’t have working a 9-5. I really enjoyed this one man
Women... 😆 🤣 😂 I totally love and respect this video. A married couples perspectives on the risks of starting a business. It's totally awesome when your partner is there to help lift and boost you. Shout out to your wife! It's my 1st year of business, going through similar but different scenarios.
Still one of your most powerful videos Jonathan.👊 Divorced, at 55 with a 5 your old precious son, 650.00 in child support, a family dividing mother-in-law and now an ex wife doing all she can to tear our son's life down with his dad, I think the odds are stacked against my son and i exponentially. That's why in a few years, I'm certain I'll be able to share a needed success story that many men aren't hearing. Because of the thousands of videos I've seen since last year, I've never seen a success story of a single father and his children he only sees a few days a month. My son will be 6 in May. He is my priority motivation. Thank you guys for all you do. Lord willing, a God-fearing wife is still to be. You've no idea of the inspiration you give. Appreciate you 👍
Hey there's a lot of value in stay at home moms! My wife has since went part time, and it's been great. I will say when we were first getting the business off the ground it was great that she worked full time. It helped financially of course. But I am really thankful we are in a position where she only works part time now. Makes me wonder how we ever did it when she worked full time.
I'm in a totally different industry (conveyor construction) but just found your channel and have learned so much from your advice. When you are a small business owner you dont have many people you can discuss problems with so its nice to learn from yall.
Great video. I sat down with my wife and we watched it together. Towards the end my wife said “listen to that woman, she knows what she’s talking about”. I never really communicated well with her in the last 2 years and she rarely was pulling in the same direction as me. This video helped us both to get on the same page. Thanks to both of y’all for taking the time to make it. Have a blessed 2020.
I sent this video to my wife. And I wanna let u know that it’s because of u that I will be driving a car hauler full time and easing into it part time. Thanks for taking time from your schedule to share. This info is so valuable y’all are Awesome. Wish I could’ve found your channel earlier
I work for a lawn maintenance company that only does big apartments and I do 10 small houses on the side. Told my fience that I want to start my own business and she's down 100% supportive. Because she knows I'll succeed. Love the videos. You and Brian's Lawn Maintenance is what started the idea for me! Thanks
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you........my Gf and I just watched your video together. It was so wonderful and my Gf was nodding her head the whole way through it. I too switch from part-time lawn care to full-time. This was my first full year and we both were as nervous as all get out. So many unanswered questions, so many what-if-this-goes-wrong......etc. I am hear to say, when two people love each other like crazy and are on the same page......You become this special team that is almost impossible to stop. I ended up clearing 72K this year, which is about 30K less than my corporate job, but we are loving live, each other and we are TRULY enjoying "our" journey together. Again, we thank the both of you from the bottom of our MICHIGAN hearts. God Bless
Oh yeah. Quitting my job without telling my wife would not have gone well. I had that conversation with my wife and it took 2 more full season before she felt comfortable letting me quit. At that point we were taking home 2.5x more than the full time job so she realized we would be fine.
Wow! My wife works full time as a teacher and I am doing lawns as side money this past year. It has been extremely difficult to convince her to let me quit my full time job and pursue being a business owner. We draw heavily on her income as well as getting our health insurance through the county. She desperately wants to be able to go to part time so she can be home with our newborn son. This video was absolutely gold! Thank you thank you! I have tried to get her to watch some of your other videos to help explain why and how I am going to approach the business but she has had no interest. She connected with Jamie and watched this one! We are about to crush 2020!....Together!
I just told my fiancé that I’m doing this as a side hustle and to invest some of our money towards it and she was fully supportive! Not full time right now but maybe next year I will go full time if all goes well. Perfect timing of this video. Great video! Thanks for the encouragement
We are at the very same crossroads right now. I have been working at a full-time job and part timing the lawn service for the past two years. In 2022, we are trying to decide if we should go full time or not. Your comment on your early goings is a direction reflection of where we are now. Thank you for all of the great the insight and encouragement. God bless you and your family.
This was great! Thanks for sharing! My wife and I quit both of our jobs back in 2013 and went fulltime in lawncare together. I was doing lawns partime for our first 3 years of the business though. She was on board from the beginning and we still support each other every day.
Nice motivational speech, I don't do a lawn care business but can apply what you said to my business.I am retired from a gas company, now I do gas line work on my own. Getting my wife on board was hard till she saw the money I can make.I work 2-3 days a week and make same money as if I worked 40 hours at old job. Ron
Jonathan, I've watched hundreds of lawn care videos and this one's one of the best. Please thank your beautiful wife for the great advice and encouragement. God bless y'all. Claudio Orozco HERE4U LAWNCARE Conroe TX
Hello Johnathan! I've been watching you since you been on RUclips, since the Hustler Raptor days, lol! But just want to say I appreciate all the info and advice you give on your channel! Much love from Alabama bro!!
Great vid guys. One of the very best husband/wife videos I have seen! (Only Spencer's compares) Johnathon, you really "married up" with Jammie. What a smart, level headed, and lovely lady you have been blessed with! I highly suggest more vids with Jammie, showing her behind the scenes work, her support, and even some end of the day debriefings and personal interaction. Spencer's is tops at this (and a lot of subs to prove it), with of course a little advantage with them working on the ground together nearly every day. Thanks for coming on the video Jammie! Blessings for 2020 from Hutchinson, MN!
Thanks for the feedback, Dave! Jamie has begged me to let her work in the field. I think we can def start making some more behind the scenes stuff and show the impact Jamie has on the success of our business.
@@FloridaTurfPros … that would be great. Also getting her out on the ground, even once or twice a week would be very nice. Show her on vid getting trained to string trim, edge, blowing off drives and walks, and even running the mowers. She would likely enjoy the fresh air, and of course the exercise is good for us all (although Jamie seems to be very trim and fit already). Go for it and enjoy the experience with her, and watch your channel growth accelerate as well! (Jamie... you go girl!) I
Another great video. This IS and is going to be an epic video for new comers to the industry! It was tough for me! I am a dreamer and love to share them with my wife, but because of how stressful it was I had to keep a lot of it to myself and just pray and work hard to prove that it could be done. I have made a lot of mistakes, but the end result is that my wife is very happy (and proud) of my success.
Totally agree... I honestly didn't (and don't) make Jame aware of all the challenges faced with running the business. It's a fine line between communicating and causing unnecessary worry. I feel like since it was my vision to push us towards this business, then the challenges are mostly mine to bare. All in all it's been amazing, and we've never looked back.
@@FloridaTurfPros hey Jonathan once you get into the nicer homes and subdivisions do you just drop all your old clients that you start with in the beginning
I love this !! I'm currently a landscape foreman for a company work full time , but on my Saturdays I started to get my own clients and now I'm booked for all day work on Saturdays, I make more than what I get paid in 2 weeks ! My girl wants me to leave my job and start working for myself and work part time with a family member but it's just risky I still feel 😅
I retire from the Army in six years with a great pension. This is exactly what I want to do. I would like to get enough accounts to have 4 guys working for me, 2 routes. Manage it from home with wife and go in the field when i choose to. Tbe retirement income will allow me to do it without worrying so much about putting food on the table. I love how you guys have systems. Honestly you run your business like Senior Officers run army units. I know because I am one lol
Man it's so awesome that u two got this video out my wife and I just got done watching the video my wife backs me 100% thanks so much for everything u all do.god bless u all have a great night
Thank you guys for the information. I currently am in my 2nd season with 7 accounts. I have not gone offical yet due to my full time job as a police officer working nights. We are afraid of getting too many accounts a d trying to fit all them in on my days off. My 1st day off from nights I have to flip my schedule and work days. I see that people do really well at this. Like you said Johnathan, you just up and quit cold turkey. I live in northern WI about an hour from the twin cities. There are accounts to be had but have not gotten the courage to step out and quit a 65 to 75k a year job being in rural Wisconsin. You guys gave me a lot to think about. We have a name picked out to get the LLC and insurance. We are planning on pulling the trigger next spring.
Good luck! Make sure to check out the turf pros academy releasing Oct. 1st. I never push product on my channel, but it may be something you would be very interested in. Thanks for the comment, and stay safe brother.
wow! now this is probly the most useful info I have gotten from u or any other lawn Care guy! (besides the marketing tips) I'm am struggling with this right now with my wife. cause I wanna go full time.
This is an incredible video. It truly hits home and I just shared it to my wife to watch so she could get to the same page thru your wife's points of view. 😎 I mowed the last 2 seasons as side job but this year I just wanted to big. The biggest obstacle is to give up the steady salary and of course the health insurance. Keep you posted. Thanks. 🇨🇦
Thank you kindly for your videos and sharing your time and knowledge. I am currently working on getting my own mowing company started and you do have a lot of good insight, good bless you and your family.
Great video guys. This has helped a ton. Thank you! Man you should let her. My wife is a teacher and loves to mow so during the summer when she’s off, I told her I could use the help. More time together staying on the same page. Thanks again to you and Jamie
Man, this was awesome and thank you both for sharing. When we got started this time last year, your channel was very influential to me. We are about an hour west of you and I too graduated from UWF, although I only minored in finance (majored in management), ha! My wife is one of the main reason we took the leap into a very successful first season. My wife has been my supporter and rock from day one, and has always been there to hash out the details good and bad. In fact, my wife created our logo and creates most of our marketing materials. Communication is key in order to stay on the same page. I can agree that time spent will change and there will be many sacrifices as you grow your business, but as you said, it is still our job as husbands to inject that time and invest back into your family, your “ohana.” Family is everything and without their support it would certainly be tough to maintain success. We both did the same planning for our family as I too quit a full time 8-5p salaried leadership position with full benefits. My wife continues to provide our insurance. Thank you again, Jonathan. Would love to meet for lunch one day during the office season to bounce marketing ideas or discuss strategy for our respective markets. Keep up the great work! 🤙🏽
I’m at the point of wanting to start this part time. How long did you do the part time business for and what did the set up look like when you started doing lawn care part time? How many yards were you doing? How much time were you actually taking as a part time business?
Jonathan thanks a lot for this video my wife and I watch this together I wish I had this back when I first started part-time unfortunately I'm the breadwinner in the house I work a full-time job 3rd Shift in a supermarket would Healthcare and I have my Lawns part-time I want to make the jump full time to Lawns but I can't just because the healthcare and my wife is getting to the point where she can't work so I bring home most of the money thanks a lot for this video though it's very inspiring keep up the good work
Hey man I'm curious, how many were you doing on the side when you decided to pull the trigger? Thanks for everything. You have really helped me in making the decision to do this full time.
My partner is with me 100% about to invest into the mean green 48" stalker electric mower about 19k for it so we have had a long talk I'm starting from scratch from needing a truck trailer and the whole get up
Hi I am 48 and was thinking of moving to Florida and opening a lawn care business and thought you could Mow all year. Thanks for giving me the heads up there’s a couple of months you can’t mow. Do you have any suggestions on a good area of Florida to go
Thanks for the great videos, lots of usefull information! I live in europe (Belgium) so things are a bit different over here but still i have learned a lot from your videos, thank you for that !
I am so grateful that a man like yourself has someone as wonderful as Jamie. The gift of family is my greatest treasure. Unfortunately my wife left me for her mother 4 years. Our son was one. He's now 5 and I'm 55. I'll have to do this on my own but it's going to be okay - I will make it with God's help. I have all the bills to pay plus $650 in child support. Losing my wife was horrible but then losing my son to was devastating. My goal for 2020 is to just establish a weekend business. If my job will hold out a couple years, I'll trade it in for driving a school bus, henceforth - Insurance and a year-round paycheck. I wouldn't even be considering this if it wasn't for the wisdom and discernment I get from you guys. I am grateful for each and every one of you. And if any of you are in Hattiesburg Mississippi next month, See you there 👍
I spend the day with Jason Creel, Alan Haynes & Keith Kalfas last Thursday. Next month I'm going to spend a couple days with Wally from beech River, Richie Plemons, Shawn and Samantha Spencer. 2020 is starting out right. Haven't felt this good in 4 years. Thanks for what you do Jonathan.
I was watching Brian’s video from 2017 he mentioned you have a video about you quiting your corporate job and going full time...where is that video!!!!!! My wife is already getting frustrated with me spending less time with kids but there’s a goal, there is a reason and I’m trying to find the equilibrium. Where’s that video!!!????
I will be honest I definitely thought that lawn care businesses mowed all year round in Florida. I am from Wisconsin and have not gone full time with my lawn care business yet. I am curious how many months are you down for winter?
Hey brother real quick and this is for everyone please please please please make sure to teach your wife right next to you how to entirely run the buisness from start to finish even book keeping keep her involved incase something is to happen to you and how to hire new worker and everything and always have someone that is LOYAL to your buisness that will be willing to help your wife train the new guys in case anything was to ever happen to you. Me myself i have trained my wife and father everything about my buisness because iknow that at any moment we can be gone and i would never wanna leave my family hanging. So iam sure yall get the point just make sure to have everything set up for success alot of people start good but end tragically also i have a choice to sell my buisness to some other local companies so get familiar with your competitors and make friends man at the end of the day where all in the same boat together take care and best of luck to everyone.
if you got that "ride or die" person supporting you, then your not at it alone, and thats HUGE!. They can be rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty in the business with you or just handling all other affairs at home or on that personal side of your family life, as long as they are there supporting you in that dream or goal(s) of lauching that business, you can't ask for more. And with that, your one HUGE step closer to being successful. As I can see inthe many comments and from the video, many of us have been very lucky or will be lucky to have that by our side. Thanks Jonathan/Jamie for the video.
My wife has a great corporate job and she is all in with our landscaping company. We both still currently work our full time jobs as well as putting in another 40 plus hours with our company from back office duties to in the field. Hoping quit my job and go full time in March. My wife says she will keep her salaried job until we are able to replace her income as well, then she will be able to leave. Thanks for the great content!
I started in 1994 full time landscape, and the wife as well, she add a different mind set, as your wife seem to have, hmmm , in 2000 my wife divorce me , at that time full time landscaping with 4 staff and many trucks all gone overnight, and here complaint and the why she divorce was I was always working, yes starting over since 2003 working for others landscaping company for a few years , since 2005 a new landscape company call Horticut.com a small solo work style that is way better now , your next make sur paperwork is done so you don't lose everything if she think different !
That's a Home owners association. Where there could be 30 plus homes. They pay a monthly fee to the association and in return they usually don't mow, remove snow etc. It's all hired out.
Jamie has been begging me to let her work in the field... What do you guys think?....... =)
Definitely do so! I'm starting my lawn care business this spring & I want to work solo as long as possible, but I'm praying to get so busy I need help. I'm blessed to have an amazing woman who wants to answer calls, handle billing, estimates, etc. But what's even better is she wants to get outside & actually Work most of all.
Good luck to both of you this year!
That's awesome... You got a keeper!
@@FloridaTurfPros indeed, you as well!
My wife has mentioned things like that in the past, especially wanting to help out when we're short-staffed. I always really appreciate it but I'm not comfortable going there. Not because she couldn't do a great job, some of my very best employees are women. I just don't want her to have to deal with the rigors of landscape work. I'd rather work harder myself and have her taking care of things on the home front. Call me old school! She does help out in the office though and that is much appreciated!
Do it !!! Although, she understands what you do, the in field experience will help her respect what you do a bit more😂😂. My wife worked with me multiple times this season. She respects what i do, but profits must add up. She gives me tips all the time.
No one ever believes me when I say this but quitting my job and starting my business allowed me to be the husband and father I’ve always wanted to be. I’m at all the school events, all the meetings, all the appointments and even better I get to be there for my friends whenever they need help. That’s freedom I didn’t have working a 9-5. I really enjoyed this one man
I concur. No begging for and being denied time off
Women... 😆 🤣 😂
I totally love and respect this video. A married couples perspectives on the risks of starting a business.
It's totally awesome when your partner is there to help lift and boost you. Shout out to your wife! It's my 1st year of business, going through similar but different scenarios.
Still one of your most powerful videos Jonathan.👊
Divorced, at 55 with a 5 your old precious son, 650.00 in child support, a family dividing mother-in-law and now an ex wife doing all she can to tear our son's life down with his dad,
I think the odds are stacked against my son and i exponentially.
That's why in a few years, I'm certain I'll be able to share a needed success story that many men aren't hearing.
Because of the thousands of videos I've seen since last year,
I've never seen a success story of a single father and his children he only sees a few days a month.
My son will be 6 in May.
He is my priority motivation.
Thank you guys for all you do. Lord willing, a God-fearing wife is still to be.
You've no idea of the inspiration you give.
Appreciate you 👍
My now wife and i actually shed a few tears of stress when I took the leap, I understand the stress of the grind up!
Awesome video. Me and my wife have talked about doing this video, but she doesn't want to be on camera. Great job you two.
It took a hot minute to get Jamie on the camera.. I think she did good though! Thanks for the watching, Brian.
@@FloridaTurfPros She did great.
My husband sent this to me . I’m a stay at home mom . I think he’s low key telling me to get a job . At least that’s how I took it .
Hey there's a lot of value in stay at home moms! My wife has since went part time, and it's been great. I will say when we were first getting the business off the ground it was great that she worked full time. It helped financially of course. But I am really thankful we are in a position where she only works part time now. Makes me wonder how we ever did it when she worked full time.
Thanks so much brother. Being young like you, i needed this. My wife and I sat down and watched this together. Blessings from TX
I'm in a totally different industry (conveyor construction) but just found your channel and have learned so much from your advice.
When you are a small business owner you dont have many people you can discuss problems with so its nice to learn from yall.
Great video. I sat down with my wife and we watched it together. Towards the end my wife said “listen to that woman, she knows what she’s talking about”. I never really communicated well with her in the last 2 years and she rarely was pulling in the same direction as me. This video helped us both to get on the same page. Thanks to both of y’all for taking the time to make it. Have a blessed 2020.
Thanks so much man. Hope you have an amazing 2020!!!
My husband and I definitely needed to see this video. We are starting our la an care company and this was a great help
I sent this video to my wife. And I wanna let u know that it’s because of u that I will be driving a car hauler full time and easing into it part time. Thanks for taking time from your schedule to share. This info is so valuable y’all are Awesome. Wish I could’ve found your channel earlier
I work for a lawn maintenance company that only does big apartments and I do 10 small houses on the side. Told my fience that I want to start my own business and she's down 100% supportive. Because she knows I'll succeed. Love the videos. You and Brian's Lawn Maintenance is what started the idea for me! Thanks
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you........my Gf and I just watched your video together. It was so wonderful and my Gf was nodding her head the whole way through it. I too switch from part-time lawn care to full-time. This was my first full year and we both were as nervous as all get out. So many unanswered questions, so many what-if-this-goes-wrong......etc. I am hear to say, when two people love each other like crazy and are on the same page......You become this special team that is almost impossible to stop. I ended up clearing 72K this year, which is about 30K less than my corporate job, but we are loving live, each other and we are TRULY enjoying "our" journey together. Again, we thank the both of you from the bottom of our MICHIGAN hearts. God Bless
72 is awesome! Good luck and may 2020 be even better!
your story sounds a lot like my wife and I. We wish good luck to the both of you !
Thanks, George!
George Packard!
@@FloridaTurfPros no V
Oh yeah. Quitting my job without telling my wife would not have gone well. I had that conversation with my wife and it took 2 more full season before she felt comfortable letting me quit. At that point we were taking home 2.5x more than the full time job so she realized we would be fine.
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Dang!! This is by far one of the best video's you have done! I am watching this again with my wife!!
I had to watch this again. The 2nd part is something I have thought of forever working Monday- Thursday!!
Final note: this is the damn video! Thank you so much!
Wow! My wife works full time as a teacher and I am doing lawns as side money this past year. It has been extremely difficult to convince her to let me quit my full time job and pursue being a business owner. We draw heavily on her income as well as getting our health insurance through the county. She desperately wants to be able to go to part time so she can be home with our newborn son. This video was absolutely gold! Thank you thank you! I have tried to get her to watch some of your other videos to help explain why and how I am going to approach the business but she has had no interest. She connected with Jamie and watched this one! We are about to crush 2020!....Together!
Glad the video was helpful for ya'll. Seems to be a lot of good feedback, so I may have to bring Jamie in a bit more.
Major key is having the wife in the same page! Awesome video. Wife and me watched this video.
Great Upload! Encouraging with good points and usable advice. Work smarter and not harder. Put family first!
I just told my fiancé that I’m doing this as a side hustle and to invest some of our money towards it and she was fully supportive! Not full time right now but maybe next year I will go full time if all goes well. Perfect timing of this video. Great video! Thanks for the encouragement
Michael Salvador Awesome man! Good luck
We are at the very same crossroads right now. I have been working at a full-time job and part timing the lawn service for the past two years. In 2022, we are trying to decide if we should go full time or not. Your comment on your early goings is a direction reflection of where we are now. Thank you for all of the great the insight and encouragement. God bless you and your family.
Awesome man. Good luck if you decide to proceed. It's a great industry to be in.
It's truly the American dream to venture for yourself. The grind is worth it 10X
This was great! Thanks for sharing! My wife and I quit both of our jobs back in 2013 and went fulltime in lawncare together. I was doing lawns partime for our first 3 years of the business though. She was on board from the beginning and we still support each other every day.
That's awesome man... Ya, having the support of your spouse is everything. That's really cool that you and your wife went into it together.
my wife has gone with me! RIGHT ON! Love it!
Proverbs 31 wife. You are blessed brother.
Nice motivational speech, I don't do a lawn care business but can apply what you said to my business.I am retired from a gas company, now I do gas line work on my own. Getting my wife on board was hard till she saw the money I can make.I work 2-3 days a week and make same money as if I worked 40 hours at old job. Ron
Jonathan, I've watched hundreds of lawn care videos and this one's one of the best. Please thank your beautiful wife for the great advice and encouragement. God bless y'all.
Claudio Orozco
HERE4U LAWNCARE
Conroe TX
Hello Johnathan! I've been watching you since you been on RUclips, since the Hustler Raptor days, lol! But just want to say I appreciate all the info and advice you give on your channel! Much love from Alabama bro!!
Great vid guys. One of the very best husband/wife videos I have seen! (Only Spencer's compares) Johnathon, you really "married up" with Jammie. What a smart, level headed, and lovely lady you have been blessed with! I highly suggest more vids with Jammie, showing her behind the scenes work, her support, and even some end of the day debriefings and personal interaction. Spencer's is tops at this (and a lot of subs to prove it), with of course a little advantage with them working on the ground together nearly every day. Thanks for coming on the video Jammie! Blessings for 2020 from Hutchinson, MN!
Thanks for the feedback, Dave! Jamie has begged me to let her work in the field. I think we can def start making some more behind the scenes stuff and show the impact Jamie has on the success of our business.
@@FloridaTurfPros … that would be great. Also getting her out on the ground, even once or twice a week would be very nice. Show her on vid getting trained to string trim, edge, blowing off drives and walks, and even running the mowers. She would likely enjoy the fresh air, and of course the exercise is good for us all (although Jamie seems to be very trim and fit already). Go for it and enjoy the experience with her, and watch your channel growth accelerate as well! (Jamie... you go girl!)
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Another great video. This IS and is going to be an epic video for new comers to the industry! It was tough for me! I am a dreamer and love to share them with my wife, but because of how stressful it was I had to keep a lot of it to myself and just pray and work hard to prove that it could be done. I have made a lot of mistakes, but the end result is that my wife is very happy (and proud) of my success.
Totally agree... I honestly didn't (and don't) make Jame aware of all the challenges faced with running the business. It's a fine line between communicating and causing unnecessary worry. I feel like since it was my vision to push us towards this business, then the challenges are mostly mine to bare. All in all it's been amazing, and we've never looked back.
Excellent perspective on what it takes. Keep the videos coming. I really enjoy the channel guys.
You have been a lot of encouragement to me in my business. Behind any success you have your wife needs full credit.
Hey TFP!! You are a lawn care Legend you give all the tools to build a successful business. Always remember teamwork make the Dream Work
Thanks so much, Tony!
@@FloridaTurfPros Yes sir you're welcome
@@FloridaTurfPros hey Jonathan once you get into the nicer homes and subdivisions do you just drop all your old clients that you start with in the beginning
I love this !! I'm currently a landscape foreman for a company work full time , but on my Saturdays I started to get my own clients and now I'm booked for all day work on Saturdays, I make more than what I get paid in 2 weeks ! My girl wants me to leave my job and start working for myself and work part time with a family member but it's just risky I still feel 😅
Man if you have your wife's support jump in it don't look back. That is the hardest part for most men the wife is never on board they worry to much!!
👏👏👏👏👏 great to see her side of the story. Divorces are very expensive and unnecessary so communication is the key
Great video as I just started my company right before snow season here in Ohio.
I retire from the Army in six years with a great pension. This is exactly what I want to do. I would like to get enough accounts to have 4 guys working for me, 2 routes. Manage it from home with wife and go in the field when i choose to. Tbe retirement income will allow me to do it without worrying so much about putting food on the table. I love how you guys have systems.
Honestly you run your business like Senior Officers run army units. I know because I am one lol
I love this!!
Man it's so awesome that u two got this video out my wife and I just got done watching the video my wife backs me 100% thanks so much for everything u all do.god bless u all have a great night
Having an extra person for support is so helpful... good luck!
Great video.. yes communication is key for success. Great story 👍
Thank you guys for the information. I currently am in my 2nd season with 7 accounts. I have not gone offical yet due to my full time job as a police officer working nights.
We are afraid of getting too many accounts a d trying to fit all them in on my days off. My 1st day off from nights I have to flip my schedule and work days. I see that people do really well at this.
Like you said Johnathan, you just up and quit cold turkey. I live in northern WI about an hour from the twin cities. There are accounts to be had but have not gotten the courage to step out and quit a 65 to 75k a year job being in rural Wisconsin.
You guys gave me a lot to think about. We have a name picked out to get the LLC and insurance. We are planning on pulling the trigger next spring.
Good luck! Make sure to check out the turf pros academy releasing Oct. 1st. I never push product on my channel, but it may be something you would be very interested in. Thanks for the comment, and stay safe brother.
Great information and thanks for your service in law enforcement brother! Wishing you and your family the best!
Thank you both! Bless your family & Business! Always appreciate your business insight.
wow! now this is probly the most useful info I have gotten from u or any other lawn Care guy! (besides the marketing tips) I'm am struggling with this right now with my wife. cause I wanna go full time.
also your wife resemble a famous actor can't think of the actors name though!
Same page. We work Tuesday- Friday.
Great video.
This is an incredible video. It truly hits home and I just shared it to my wife to watch so she could get to the same page thru your wife's points of view. 😎
I mowed the last 2 seasons as side job but this year I just wanted to big. The biggest obstacle is to give up the steady salary and of course the health insurance. Keep you posted. Thanks. 🇨🇦
Thanks for watching and sharing that the video was helpful!
Thank you kindly for your videos and sharing your time and knowledge. I am currently working on getting my own mowing company started and you do have a lot of good insight, good bless you and your family.
This is amazing... Thank y'all for be authentic and keeping it real. Some couple needs to hear this. Wow.
Great video guys. This has helped a ton. Thank you! Man you should let her. My wife is a teacher and loves to mow so during the summer when she’s off, I told her I could use the help. More time together staying on the same page. Thanks again to you and Jamie
You're welcome, thanks for hanging out and watching!
Thanks for the great video. My wife and I will watch this together.
Man, this was awesome and thank you both for sharing. When we got started this time last year, your channel was very influential to me. We are about an hour west of you and I too graduated from UWF, although I only minored in finance (majored in management), ha! My wife is one of the main reason we took the leap into a very successful first season. My wife has been my supporter and rock from day one, and has always been there to hash out the details good and bad. In fact, my wife created our logo and creates most of our marketing materials. Communication is key in order to stay on the same page. I can agree that time spent will change and there will be many sacrifices as you grow your business, but as you said, it is still our job as husbands to inject that time and invest back into your family, your “ohana.” Family is everything and without their support it would certainly be tough to maintain success. We both did the same planning for our family as I too quit a full time 8-5p salaried leadership position with full benefits. My wife continues to provide our insurance. Thank you again, Jonathan. Would love to meet for lunch one day during the office season to bounce marketing ideas or discuss strategy for our respective markets. Keep up the great work! 🤙🏽
UWF - U Will Fail. =) haha... glad it's over!
Florida Turf Pros Managerial Finance with Dr. Krieger suddenly comes to mind 😬
Good video brother. Beautiful couple too .
Another great video. Love the content. Let Jamie go out and work if she wants. She will be a great asset.
I may... She definitely loves yard work!
I’m at the point of wanting to start this part time. How long did you do the part time business for and what did the set up look like when you started doing lawn care part time? How many yards were you doing? How much time were you actually taking as a part time business?
Jonathan thanks a lot for this video my wife and I watch this together I wish I had this back when I first started part-time unfortunately I'm the breadwinner in the house I work a full-time job 3rd Shift in a supermarket would Healthcare and I have my Lawns part-time I want to make the jump full time to Lawns but I can't just because the healthcare and my wife is getting to the point where she can't work so I bring home most of the money thanks a lot for this video though it's very inspiring keep up the good work
Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad ya'll were able to watch together and hear Jamie's point of view.
Hey man I'm curious, how many were you doing on the side when you decided to pull the trigger? Thanks for everything. You have really helped me in making the decision to do this full time.
My partner is with me 100% about to invest into the mean green 48" stalker electric mower about 19k for it so we have had a long talk I'm starting from scratch from needing a truck trailer and the whole get up
Hey man I'm starting on the side and this is my first year. Can you talk about how you did it with a full time job.
Thanks
Great video! It’s about teamwork and communication
100%. Communication is KEY.
Great video. Great insights. Thank you both of you for sharing. God bless brother
I needed this. You both rock!
Hi I am 48 and was thinking of moving to Florida and opening a lawn care business and thought you could Mow all year. Thanks for giving me the heads up there’s a couple of months you can’t mow. Do you have any suggestions on a good area of Florida to go
Thanks for the great videos, lots of usefull information! I live in europe (Belgium) so things are a bit different over here but still i have learned a lot from your videos, thank you for that !
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Absolute gold!! thank you so much for that video both of you!
You're welcome!
Florida Turf Pros, We are across the world as well, down in New Zealand! Your content is priceless!
Brilliant video, will be showing my wife, thank you.
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I am so grateful that a man like yourself has someone as wonderful as Jamie.
The gift of family is my greatest treasure.
Unfortunately my wife left me for her mother 4 years. Our son was one.
He's now 5 and I'm 55.
I'll have to do this on my own but it's going to be okay - I will make it with God's help.
I have all the bills to pay plus $650 in child support.
Losing my wife was horrible but then losing my son to was devastating.
My goal for 2020 is to just establish a weekend business.
If my job will hold out a couple years, I'll trade it in for driving a school bus, henceforth - Insurance and a year-round paycheck.
I wouldn't even be considering this if it wasn't for the wisdom and discernment I get from you guys.
I am grateful for each and every one of you.
And if any of you are in Hattiesburg Mississippi next month,
See you there 👍
Thanks so much for the insightful comment. It can absolutely be done. Good luck to you!!!!
I spend the day with Jason Creel, Alan Haynes & Keith Kalfas last Thursday.
Next month I'm going to spend a couple days with Wally from beech River, Richie Plemons, Shawn and Samantha Spencer.
2020 is starting out right.
Haven't felt this good in 4 years.
Thanks for what you do Jonathan.
I was watching Brian’s video from 2017 he mentioned you have a video about you quiting your corporate job and going full time...where is that video!!!!!! My wife is already getting frustrated with me spending less time with kids but there’s a goal, there is a reason and I’m trying to find the equilibrium. Where’s that video!!!????
Nice video!. question how many clients did you already have when you went full-time. Thx
nice video you explained the lawn care business well✌️
Thanks, Vicki
Great video -tonys lawn care
Thanks, Emily.
Curious...where do u work part-time that gives u health insurance?...great videos BTW
Looking forward.
Awesome video! I'm filing for divorce tomorrow!
Oh my goodness!
Art Rueda hilarious LOL
I missed the live. I love the video !
Thanks!
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Awesome video man..much truth in that for sure. A good women is hard to find these days. And one thats not hard on the eyes to..good job..lol
I def married up! )
Top video mate!
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Great video!
Thanks for the visit
Great video! Nice share as well thanks !
Thanks!
03:36 Five arounds? I looked it up. Door hangers placed at your existing customers neighbors homes.
I will be honest I definitely thought that lawn care businesses mowed all year round in Florida. I am from Wisconsin and have not gone full time with my lawn care business yet. I am curious how many months are you down for winter?
We slow down from Nov-Feb
Lol...I’m trying to convince my husband we should do this together! 😉
So you guys in Florida?
I like how your wife supported you by passing papers and stuff for you business
Do you or anyone on here charge different rates for commercial and residential lawn care?
real nice video :)
Do you only do lawn care or do you also do landscaping ??
We just mow
More good content!
Hey brother real quick and this is for everyone please please please please make sure to teach your wife right next to you how to entirely run the buisness from start to finish even book keeping keep her involved incase something is to happen to you and how to hire new worker and everything and always have someone that is LOYAL to your buisness that will be willing to help your wife train the new guys in case anything was to ever happen to you. Me myself i have trained my wife and father everything about my buisness because iknow that at any moment we can be gone and i would never wanna leave my family hanging. So iam sure yall get the point just make sure to have everything set up for success alot of people start good but end tragically also i have a choice to sell my buisness to some other local companies so get familiar with your competitors and make friends man at the end of the day where all in the same boat together take care and best of luck to everyone.
Sounds advice
Health insurance: Plan on 25k/year for health insurance an deductibles. At the end of the year what you don't spend give it to yourself as a bonus.
Check out (Philadelphia American) health insurance most affordable it's also OUT of the MARKET Place wich makes it evin better!
Will do!
Are you doing this by yourself or do you have the help of a spouse/partner?
if you got that "ride or die" person supporting you, then your not at it alone, and thats HUGE!. They can be rolling up their sleeves and getting their hands dirty in the business with you or just handling all other affairs at home or on that personal side of your family life, as long as they are there supporting you in that dream or goal(s) of lauching that business, you can't ask for more. And with that, your one HUGE step closer to being successful. As I can see inthe many comments and from the video, many of us have been very lucky or will be lucky to have that by our side. Thanks Jonathan/Jamie for the video.
My wife has a great corporate job and she is all in with our landscaping company. We both still currently work our full time jobs as well as putting in another 40 plus hours with our company from back office duties to in the field. Hoping quit my job and go full time in March. My wife says she will keep her salaried job until we are able to replace her income as well, then she will be able to leave. Thanks for the great content!
After I made that comment I just realized this might be it lmao
How much would I need to do roughly making 50k right now?
About 40 clients will get you 50k a year... at least that has been my experience.
Florida Turf Pros what would be a good % take home after taxes ins and expenses go?
I started in 1994 full time landscape, and the wife as well, she add a different mind set, as your wife seem to have, hmmm , in 2000 my wife divorce me , at that time full time landscaping with 4 staff and many trucks all gone overnight, and here complaint and the why she divorce was I was always working, yes starting over since 2003 working for others landscaping company for a few years , since 2005 a new landscape company call Horticut.com a small solo work style that is way better now , your next make sur paperwork is done so you don't lose everything if she think different !
Reading all these comments...damn. Women wearing the pants in 99.9% of these households. 😂🤪😂🤪
Bunch of mommy boys.
Hahaha, you know what they say, happy wife happy life?!
May I ask you, what is an h.o.u. account? Just wondering
That's a Home owners association. Where there could be 30 plus homes. They pay a monthly fee to the association and in return they usually don't mow, remove snow etc. It's all hired out.