Estimating Small Jobs Without Losing Your Shirt

TORQUE & TAPE — The Blue-Collar Skills Guide

Aug 28 2025 | 01:17:41

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Show Notes

Stop underbidding for good. This practical how to guide gives you a repeatable system for screening small jobs fast, locking scope in writing, building labor hours with real adjusters, pricing materials with clean markup, recovering overhead, holding a firm minimum, and protecting profit with written change orders. Learn the close out routine that gets you paid today and turns every job into a better estimate tomorrow.

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