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Mark-up and Overhead Webinar
February 26, 2010 – 12:04 am | No Comment

Mark-up and Overhead Webinar

Mark-up and Overhead

by Randy Austin (Owner & President)
Field Service Solutions (fieldservicesoft.com)
  1. How to calculate exactly what an employee costs you per hour
  2. What percentage to use to mark up your jobs based on your job costs, overhead and profit goals..
  3. How to use these percentages to mark up your jobs to arrive at your break even point and your sales price

You can download the accompanying Xcel spreadsheet here.
http://www.remodelcrazy.com/forum/downloads.php?do=file&id=78

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How To Sign Up For DimDim Webinar
January 31, 2010 – 3:30 pm | No Comment

DimDim webinar sign up

Quick video of how to sign up/register for a Remodel Crazy Webinar.

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Get the lead out! Webinar
January 24, 2010 – 10:56 pm | No Comment


Get The Lead Out Webinar
Get the lead out! Learn about the new EPA Lead rule and Prepare yourself for your first RRP Rule project.

Presented by:

Chris Wright, President of WrightWorks LLC, www.WrightWorks.net

Sean Lintow Sr., President of SLS Construction, www.SLS-Construction.com

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Blog Writing for Crazies Webinar
September 24, 2009 – 1:21 pm | No Comment

Audio Only

Remodel Crazy SEO Webinar

Webinar with The Paul and Kelly Morisseau.

Blog Writing for Crazies Webinar.  Kitchensync and Paul from RC will be doing a writing workshop. It will be on getting started. Simple tricks and tips to get you started. The webinar hosts both have written many articles and each has a unique approach.  Join us for the Free webinar, use the widget aboue to sign up.

There is a limited number that can attend so sign up today to reserve your spot.

Online learning from Remodel Crazy University
March 1, 2010 – 9:31 pm | 3 Comments
Online learning from Remodel Crazy University

ONLINE LEARNING
NARI offers it, so does NAHB and a few others. We have offerings to further your education needs coming up.
Topics like:

Quick and easy tech support.
Online lessons from a forward thinking software developer …

Mark-up and Overhead Webinar
February 26, 2010 – 12:04 am | No Comment
Mark-up and Overhead Webinar

Mark-up and Overhead

by Randy Austin (Owner & President)
Field Service Solutions (fieldservicesoft.com)

How to calculate exactly what an employee costs you per hour
What percentage to use to mark up your jobs based on your job costs, overhead …

A designer, a contractor, passion and shoes.
February 21, 2010 – 7:03 pm | No Comment
A designer, a contractor, passion and shoes.

Kitchensync and The Paul let the Happy Feet Meet
By the Paul
Kelly Morisseau and I talk from time to time, both of us seem to have found our place in the big picture of life

Leah Thayer said what?
February 15, 2010 – 7:59 am | 6 Comments
Leah Thayer said what?

Who is Leah Thayer?
By The Paul
Leah Thayer, senior editor at Hanley Wood Business Media
Editors and writers live in relative obscurity, firmly in the big picture. They are the soul of a magazine, and most of …

The Goddess of Cheese!
February 14, 2010 – 4:03 pm | No Comment
The Goddess of Cheese!

Meet Dexa Franks the Goddess of Cheese.
By The Paul
Dexa is the cheese expert at the Kowalski’s store in White Bear Lake, she pairs patrons with cheese, kind of like a Love Connection for foodies. …

What’s a Cherry tree got to do with the economy?
February 13, 2010 – 8:40 am | No Comment
What’s a Cherry tree got to do with the economy?

In November I built a garage and in the process we removed some plants. The homeowner told us to save some and toss the rest. In the process of pulling and tossing I found