Unfortunately, it's illegal to work on someone's car in their home in my local area. When doing my due diligence, I finally got through to the township clerk who made it clear that working on vehicles in residential zones was explicitly prohibited. I wanted to ask for the specific ordinance in the code book that dictates that, but from her attitude alone (she was kind of a bitch lol) I figured it wasn't worth the fight. Making an enemy out of the local government BEFORE I've even gotten a customer feels like more than a risk; it's setting myself up for failure. The guys I work with told me to do it anyway, typical mechanics lmao. But to me it only takes one pissed off neighbor making a call to incur a fine or end my business right then and there. There are other townships where the rules are different, but at this point the hoops to jump through have become too many for my appetite. In the very least, I hadn't invested any cash into the venture so I'm getting out only losing 15ish hours of my time. I was banking on making this work as a side hustle since I could start with very little investment. However, I'm not giving up. I have plenty of other ideas, and while this seemed like the best one, all I can do is go down the list and determine what the second best is. My advice for everyone is to be prepared and ensure you know what you are getting yourselves into. I'm in NJ and we have a boatload of regulations for damn near everything; in a more business-focused state things are likely different. If you're in my state and have any questions I'd be happy to help answer what I can based on what I've learned in the short time I was researching and planning. Thanks to Ben and everyone on here that contributes. Best of luck to you all

I run a strictly only brake bad and rotor replacement business. As I’m getting more business, I’m running into a problem. I’m mobile, I always pick up the pads before going on site. Sometimes I get there and the rotors need to be replaced This causes me to have to leave the job and source rotors. Ethier leaving the car in jackstands or putting it all back together. I had an idea to just buy all 4 pads and rotors before each job just in case. And return what I don’t use. But I feel I would get a bad reputation on my commercial account at the parts stores doing this. I sometimes travel pretty far for a customer. How can I make my diag and parts problem more efficient so I’m. It having to leave my job site? For reference, a customer calls me to replace brakes. I almost always try to upsell all 4 wheels because customers truly don’t really know what’s going on. I buy the parts and go do the job. No diag. Having to diag before I get parts would kill my time and my profits of traveling all over the city. Anything helps! Love this group

Hey Everyone, How much do you pay for insurance (garage/ GL)? Add your state and insurer too if you like.

First I want to thank @Ben Dellaria, I am pretty sure I wouldn't be doing this if I hadn't discovered his YouTube channel. I took on my first customer, a relative of a friend, on July 7th. It was a starter on a Hyundai Tucson, I have worked on this car 2 more times this year. Front brakes and then I did valve cover gaskets, spark plugs, and an alternator. Anyway, I know I have mentioned on here how it can be a struggle getting my name out there but before I did that first job I figured if I did $50k by the end of the year that I would consider that a success. My wife has reminded me of that when I complained about the slow days, she has been very supportive through this whole thing. After being in business for 6 months I have finished the year at $76k with a 59% gross profit, parts margin is right at 48%, and 2.09 hours per RO. ARO $529. Not bad I think, but at the same time I think I could have been close to double if I had had more cars. 144 total ROs so only 24 ROs per month

Hope everyone has a great new years be safe and enjoy family and friends. Side note i mentioned some changed in the group come Christmas. Well I'm a bit behind. I remade the classroom videos for the new to business owners. I have 2 or 3 ideas for the more advanced business owners looking to understand the back side of the company. I'm hoping to have this done by next week since that's when i go back out in the field. So continue to bare with me. I'm goin to take poll here as well. Obviously I'm looking to start paid coaching if people want it to understand how to properly run a mobile company. To generate more revenue and profit Option 1: Workbook style in pdf form. Think of Dave Ramsey financial peace university. Basically a workbook to follow along with classroom videos on certain subjects of business. Example is Profit margins, parts margins, labor margins, sales calls, how to sell and talk to customers, QuickBooks P&L statements, Etc. Option 2: Live group coaching webinars monthly live group calls for paid members only i discuss the subject at hand Example is Profit margins, parts margins, labor margins, sales calls, how to sell and talk to customers, QuickBooks P&L statements, Etc. and can take questions per individual in a controlled area unlike the typical skool calls where everyone gets to talk and can be heard. Option 3: Quarterly live Weekend webinars Longer more in depth more subjects but less frequent but more cost. Let me know some feedback in comments. Thanks everyone for just being here!!! Happy new year from 3T's Mobile mechanic Ben & Jena