Rake in the GreenSuccessful landscapers and lawn care professionals reveal their secrets to success in this $20 billion industry. With all the homes, business parks, apartment complexes, shopping malls and hospitals that need landscaping, you can tailor your services and create your dream job. Your business can range from the simple-mowing and edging lawns, raking leaves and clipping hedges-to applying chemicals and fertilizer, trimming and shaping trees, designing landscapes and more. Learn everything you need to know, including: How to find customersWhat equipment you'll needHow to hire and manage employeesRecord keeping and accountingWhere to find working capitalHow to calculate job estimatesAnd moreIf you love working outdoors, you owe it to yourself to buy this step-by-step guide and start building your own successful lawn care or landscaping business.
- ISBN10 1599180898
- ISBN13 9781599180892
- Publish Date 27 March 2007 (first published 1 December 2003)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 2 January 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Entrepreneur Press
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback
- Pages 150
- Language English