How to price a dumpster rental: sizes, days, tons and overages
How roll-off companies build a base price per size with included days and tons, then charge fairly for extra days, extra weight, swaps and dry runs.
The ServFlo team
Oct 7, 2026Blog
Guides for running a service business: page 5
Practical advice on quoting, pricing, memberships and getting paid, for owners of home-service businesses.
How to start a home inspection business: training, agreements and agents
What new home inspectors need to sort out before the first inspection, from state licensing and E&O insurance to pre-inspection agreements, report turnaround and working with real estate agents.
The ServFlo team
Oct 7, 2026Purchase orders for small contractors: a simple system that works
When a small contractor needs purchase orders, what goes on one, how to receive against it and how POs keep job costs and supplier bills honest.
The ServFlo team
Oct 7, 2026Referral programs that work for service businesses
How to design a simple referral program for a home-service business, choose rewards that make sense for both sides, and keep referrals coming without nagging customers.
The ServFlo team
Oct 7, 2026
Get paid on the spot: a field guide to faster payments
Practical habits for collecting payment at the job, cutting down on unpaid invoices and choosing the right way for customers to pay.
The ServFlo team
Oct 6, 2026Warranties and guarantees for service work: how to write and honor them
The difference between parts warranties, labor warranties and satisfaction guarantees, what to put in writing, how to price the risk, and how to handle a claim.
The ServFlo team
Oct 6, 2026Tap to Pay on iPhone and Android for contractors
How Tap to Pay lets technicians take contactless cards and phone wallets on their own phone, which devices work, what it costs compared with other ways to get paid, and how to roll it out to a crew.
The ServFlo team
Oct 5, 2026Email marketing for home-service companies: what to send and when
The handful of emails every service business should send, a simple yearly schedule, how to write them so people read them, and the rules that keep you out of the spam folder.
The ServFlo team
Oct 3, 2026
Time tracking and timesheets for field techs: a practical setup
How to track field technicians' hours accurately, separate job, travel and shop time, approve timesheets each week and hand clean hours to payroll.
The ServFlo team
Oct 3, 2026
How to start a handyman business and stay on the right side of the rules
How to turn being handy into a real business, including which jobs you can legally take, how to price small mixed jobs, handling materials and finding the customers who call again and again.
The ServFlo team
Oct 3, 2026Remodeling estimates: how to build a profitable kitchen or bath quote
A phase-by-phase way to estimate kitchen and bathroom remodels, with allowances, contingency, overhead and profit, and a payment schedule that keeps you ahead.
The ServFlo team
Oct 3, 2026Good, better, best at the kitchen table: field sales without pressure
How technicians can present options in the customer's home in a way that feels like advice, not a sales pitch, from the walk-through to "I need to think about it."
The ServFlo team
Oct 2, 2026