New business start

would you be interested in an old roofer that speaks spanish and has done this and built homes his whole life?

P.S.I speak spanish cause I was raised in miami,I'm american as can be.

"...This process can take months and I have to rely on too many others in the meantime."

" ...employer takes 15% of the top of the job then pays me 40% of the profit after that. I don't know if that's standard in the industry or if its good or bad.

"...Its not so much the process,I don't like, its the percentages."

Where is the overhead figured in these jobs? Is it the fifteen per cent 'off the top'?

I'm not privy to company overhead figures but I know the job is costed out first. Then the 15% is taken off the top of the job profit. I am then paid 40% of the balance. So I get paid 40% of 85% of the net profit.

I worked for A co. in houston,then Atlanta.they gave you A complete breakdown,I mean complete,of everything to the last detail.materials,labor,etc.then if their was A discrepancy between your jobs,they'd sit down and show you what it was and where. A real open book.

As an employee that would be welcomed. As an owner or employer, I can imagine most wouldnt do it that way. I'm not quite sure what side of the fence I'm on there. I think, if I had steady trustworthy employees, I would share all the financial info regarding their jobs. I'm an honest guy and I like dealing with the same. I think that if you were to become very profitable, you run the risk of losing good crews. Maybe thats just the way it is. I dont know.

Thanks for the input

and here a salesman gets 10% of the total job-and probably about 25% should be total profit,25% about your costs for insurance ,equipment,and dumping of material-50% costs of materials,and labor---Seems that the math says you`re making what a salesman would here.

That's good to know;

Its not so much the amount I'm paid, its how that money is alloted. The bigger point is, I aspire to be more that just a "salesman". The entrepreneurial spirit is something that I believe is within me and I intend to give it a run. I fully intend to be a student of the game and a professional through and through.

Again, thank you all for your suggestions. I have the utmost respect for all of you that are out there getting it done in these tough times. I wish you all lots of hail and wind to brigthen your days ahead!