Ways To Sustain The Life Line Of Your Construction Company
Posted by Sharie DeHart on Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Topics: Construction Cash Flow, Cash Flow, Construction Bookkeeping And Accounting, Increase Cash Flow, Construction Systems And Processes, Contractor Guidance
Five Basic Construction Accounting Tasks To Complete Every Month
Posted by Randal DeHart on Fri, May 31, 2019
Proper construction accounting is all about the details. The answers you need to operate and grow your company are in reports. Everything starts with cash because "cash is fact, profit is an opinion." All transactions in the bank account of your construction accounting system no matter if it is QuickBooks or Xero, must be assigned to the proper accounts:
- Income
- Job Deposits
- Payroll
- Taxes
- Cost of Goods Sold (Direct and Indirect Costs including Labor, Material, Other and Subcontractors)
- Other costs including permits, plans, bills from suppliers, and purchases on your personal credit cards
- Overhead
These tasks form the solid foundation of your small business. As a small business owner, you have more important things to do than to keep your own books. We take care of your books for you, so you can get back to the job of running your business and generating profits.
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Topics: Construction Cash Flow, Increase Profits, Increase Cash Flow, Contractor Sucess, Contractor Tips, Contractor Operating Tips
Construction companies need short-term liquid working capital such as cash, lines of credits, loans, owner financing, credit cards, supplier accounts, and other forms of money to conduct daily operations. Small construction companies with annual sales volume less than $10,000,000 and other requirements enjoy some benefits that are not always available to larger firms. Likewise, larger firms can leverage economies of scale.
The larger your construction business grows, the more likely you could end up operating as a bank without the hundreds of ways to generate revenues from fee income and interest calculation that banks use. The most popular method designed by investors and developers and shrewd business people who understand the concept of divide and conquer is for contractors to get little or no down payment for a construction project, do all the work, including change orders and then try to collect their money.
What often happens is that contractors hate paperwork preferring to keep everything in their head. Then when it comes the time to collect their money, they find themselves having to re-sell the job and talk their customer into parting with their money. It's been said: "The value of services rapidly diminish after the services have been performed," which is why highly profitable companies like McDonald's gets your money before they deliver your meal. Compare the success and profitability of a McDonald's franchise to most restaurants.
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Topics: Construction Cash Flow, Increase Profits, Increase Cash Flow, Contractor Sucess, Contractor Tips, Contractor Operating Tips
Four Key Words To Increasing Your Contracting Cash Flow And Profits
Posted by Randal DeHart on Fri, May 06, 2016
The Four Most Important Words Your Construction Clients Say:
- "While it's open anyway...." (the walls, floors, ceiling)
- "Since we're this far..." (in the project, remodel, new house)
- "I have an idea..." (for more work to be done, change something)
- "Now my wife wants..." (more, more and more)
Highly profitable and very successful Contractors like you respond with...
Read MoreTopics: Construction Profits, Construction Strategy, Increase Cash Flow
Uniquely Profitable Contractors Use Single Source Suppliers
Posted by Randal DeHart on Fri, Sep 04, 2015
Contractors Who Are Hard-Ball Negotiators Can Skip This Article
Fair Minded Contractors Who Want Extreme Wealth Keep Reading!
Relationships can make you or break you; financially, professionally and personally. Stephen R. Covey has written and spoken extensively on this subject and most notably in his book The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People.
The idea is when you first meet someone you automatically credit that person with a small amount of emotional trust and they do the same for you. In due time you both make deposits and withdrawals into and out of each other's emotional bank account. The key is to make far and away many more deposits than withdrawals and keep the withdrawals to a minimum.
Read MoreTopics: Increase Profits Now, Increase Cash Flow, Relationships
Three Unique Marginal Costs Grow Construction Profitability
Posted by Randal DeHart on Fri, Sep 12, 2014
Three Simple Yet Powerful Action Steps You
Can Take To Amplify Success In Your
Construction Company
Topics: Increase Profits, Increase Cash Flow