Mike's Tips

01/04/12 – No Luxury

Most contractors think that a takeoff and estimating class is an unaffordable luxury. Why pay for something you can get free?  After all, there’s NO CHARGE for tuition at the “The School of Hard Knocks.”  What could be EASIER than learning from your own mistakes?

Unfortunately, with BIDDING mistakes, only two crucial categories matter: 

• Mistakes that make bids too HIGH.  (Whoops! Just lost another one.)

• Mistakes that make bids too LOW.  (Ouch!  That smarts.)

Furthermore, unlike tradesmen, estimators cannot learn instantly from their own mistakes.  Inevitably, estimators’ mistakes go largely unnoticed; typically these mistakes get repeated many times.  Yes, there’s no tuition at the “The Bidding School of Hard Knocks,” but the hidden fees are quite costly, year after year.

Achieving takeoff and estimating excellence is no luxury; actually, it makes perfect, economic sense.  My online takeoff and estimating class is NOT free; yet after a few short sessions, new-found knowledge will save much more than the class ever cost.  Best of all, the savings continue, throughout the estimator’s career.

Want to move forward?

I can show you how… just show me that you are interested NOW.