How to start your own appliance repair business and earn income
Lack of experience was the hardest obstacle I faced as a new appliance repair technician. Nothing was harder when I started out taking service calls than to be at a customer’s house and literally not be sure what my next move forward was. Back when I started out, the only thing I could do was to study Uncle Harry’s materials ahead of a service call as much …
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Running my own appliance repair business is possibly the best job in the world. I have a phone that rings, rates high enough to make plenty of money per call, and the ability to take time off when I choose. Here’s how I dialed it in: Charging top market rates means I don’t have to bust …
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These are the phases I have been through as an appliance repair technician and what it took me to become a pro: PHASE I: AMATEUR While I was a real estate investor, I worked occasionally on appliances in my rental properties to save money so I didn’t have to call a repairman. I fixed maybe …
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About 3 months after I retired, the Great Recession came down on me like an avalanche and basically wiped out my savings. I could not start over doing what I used to do, which was real estate investing, because the real estate market had crashed, and I had little recent experience doing anything else. I was over …
I bought Uncle Harry’s appliance repair technician home study course and used it to successfully start my appliance repair business, which I write about in my startup blog. In retrospect, this is how I feel about the value of Uncle Harry’s materials and support. When I started out, I knew absolutely NOTHING about the appliance repair business, and I …
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When I started my appliance repair business, I decided to undercut my competition’s rates by 10% to convert sales, book lots of calls, and build a loyal customer base. To be honest, I also charged lower rates so I could feel comfortable during service calls considering my inexperience. Basically, I wanted to be cheap enough that nobody …
When I started in appliance repair, I had very little money, so I’m going to tell you the absolute minimum I think you need to get started running service calls. THE SERVICE VEHICLE: Although it is a big advantage to have a traditional service vehicle like a truck, van, or even SUV, I will tell you it is …
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It’s the back half of my second year in the appliance repair business, and I am running at full capacity on service calls all day, every day. I have multiple commercial accounts, one of which is a 600 unit planned development complex that keeps me pretty busy all by itself. My wife now works full …
Let’s face it before you can know everything about repairing appliances, you will have to run service calls. Especially early in your career as an appliance repair technician, you will have gaps in your knowledge and encounter repair situations you’ve never seen before. All I wanted during this phase of startup was to do a …
I’m going to insist that you need these tools on your appliance repair service calls, even though you may not think so. I would then ask you in a few months, after running your own service calls, if you still think some of these are not necessary. The good news is when I add up what I paid for everything …
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Back when I first considered starting my appliance repair business not much more than a year ago, I couldn’t have accurately forecast what my experience would be. I only knew that it seemed like a good idea, although maybe a little daunting to get the proper training and compete with well-established businesses for a piece …
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OK, I have been in the appliance repair business for over a year now, successfully running service calls and making money, but it’s time to stop and think, do I really like it? I invested some time (3 months) and money (home study training, promotional materials, and inventory) into learning to be an appliance repair technician and starting my own …