Trusting Profit: Job Costing, Production Rates, and How to Stop Scope Creep

Podcast: Painter Growth Podcast · Mike Gore-Hickman

Opublikowano: 2026-04-24

Ever finish a job, see solid revenue, and still wonder where the profit went? In this episode, we break down how painting contractors lose margin during production, even when the estimate “felt right.” From prep work that quietly expands (patch turns into skim) to the classic “while you’re here” requests that bleed hours, the real problem is rarely effort. It’s the lack of a system you can trust. Jesse Teron and Josh Eldridge walk through a practical approach to job costing that starts before the job begins. You will learn how to forecast profit to th...