Turn household
repairs into cash income
Many a retired contractor is finding a new source
of added retirement income by becoming a handyman.
And some men (and maybe even women) who have been
doing their own home repairs for years have begun to
join the ranks of handymen, too.
Salesman first, handyman next
Just this last week we heard of two. One
was a retiree who left a big city sales job for a
printer and retired to a much smaller city about 80
miles away. He had always done the repairs on
his income property as well as his own home.
The new city was beautiful but he knew no one.
That did not last long. He got business cards
for his new business as a handyman, posted them on
community bulletin boards at the local grocery store
and coffee house.
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It did not take long before his phone was
ringing and his new handyman business was
launched.
Because he had sufficient retirement
income and did not necessarily need the
money, he was able to pick and choose what
household repair jobs he would take.
Better yet, he met a lot of new people this way.
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A contractor picks and chooses the work he
does
Another man, a contractor who had moved into a
retirement community volunteered to help replace light
fixtures in the community center. He had no intention of
working after retirement. But one thing lead to
another and before long he, too, had a nice handyman
business.
All of his customers were located in the retirement
community so it made for an easy commute to work for
him. And he did not bother with business cards.
As with the retired salesman, he was able to pick and
choose which jobs to take and work only when he wanted
to. He echoed the salesman/handyman by saying that
meeting new people in his community was a terrific
benefit from the work.
Back to turning
hobbies into extra cash
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