Boost your sales by learning some insider secrets only bankers usually know about. What you'll get from this construction podcast episode: - Insider secret about financing that contractors need to know about. - Two things lenders care about. There are only two. - Why Giri Addanki says "Zero percent interest cards are just kicking the can down the road." - How can contractors use financing to increase sales...even commercial contractors? - The three different financing models that are out there, and a relatively new model that's "bringing the marketplace to the kitchen table." - Misconceptions about offering financing. - How the flow of money works when you offer financing. - Mistakes they make when getting set up with a lender? - What are the biggest problems contractors can solve by offering financing? Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode: Acorn Finance - <a href= "http://www.acornfinance.com">www.acornfinance.com</a> CoConstruct Software: Run your entire business on it - <a href= "http://www.constructionleadingedge.com/coconstruct" target= "_blank" rel= "noopener">www.constructionleadingedge.com/coconstruct</a>

Boost your sales by learning some insider secrets only bankers usually know about. What you'll get from this construction podcast episode: - Insider secret about financing that contractors need to know about. - Two things lenders care about. There are only two. - Why Giri Addanki says "Zero percent interest cards are just kicking the can down the road." - How can contractors use financing to increase sales...even commercial contractors? - The three different financing models that are out there, and a relatively new model that's "bringing the marketplace to the kitchen table." - Misconceptions about offering financing. - How the flow of money works when you offer financing. - Mistakes they make when getting set up with a lender? - What are the biggest problems contractors can solve by offering financing? Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode: Acorn Finance - www.acornfinance.com CoConstruct Software: Run your entire business on it - www.constructionleadingedge.com/coconstruct

Boost your sales by learning some insider secrets only bankers usually know about. What you'll get from this construction podcast episode: - Insider secret about financing that contractors need to know about. - Two things lenders care about. There are only two. - Why Giri Addanki says "Zero percent interest cards are just kicking the can down the road." - How can contractors use financing to increase sales...even commercial contractors? - The three different financing models that are out there, and a relatively new model that's "bringing the marketplace to the kitchen table." - Misconceptions about offering financing. - How the flow of money works when you offer financing. - Mistakes they make when getting set up with a lender? - What are the biggest problems contractors can solve by offering financing? Resources mentioned in this construction podcast episode: Acorn Finance - <a href="http://www.acornfinance.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.acornfinance.com</a> CoConstruct Software: Run your entire business on it - <a href="http://www.constructionleadingedge.com/coconstruct" rel="noopener noreferrer">www.constructionleadingedge.com/coconstruct</a>

#175: Insider Secrets About Financing with Giri Addanki

Construction business owners doing $1M–$20M: fix your preconstruction and handoffs so you can stop firefighting and build a profitable business that runs without you.  

For custom home builders, remodelers, commercial GCs, and trade contractors, this podcast shows you how to design a real preconstruction process and nail the handoff from office to field. If your projects are slipping, profit is bleeding out through rework and giveaways, and everything lives in your head, you'll get practical systems to tighten precon, cut chaos, and turn your construction business into a more profitable, controllable machine that runs without you.  

Over time, you'll use what you hear on this show to:  

✅ Buy back your time– spend less of your week in day‑to‑day fires and more of it leading, selling, and actually living your life.  

✅ Maximize your profit from the work you already do instead of just grinding for more volume.
  
✅ Scale with confidence – grow the business without doubling your hours or losing control.
  
✅ Turn your company into a real asset, not just a job – one that can run without you, give you real vacations, and eventually support whatever exit or lifestyle you want.  

Host Todd Dawalt has spent nearly 30 years in construction and the last decade coaching hundreds of builders, remodelers, GCs, and trade contractors on these issues, managing over $300M of projects and helping companies uncover millions in hidden profit.  

Hit *Follow* so you don't miss an episode and keep turning your construction business into a systematized, profitable machine that doesn't depend on you for every decision. To go deeper, tools and resources are at constructionleadingedge.com.

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Construction business owners doing $1M–$20M: fix your preconstruction and handoffs so you can stop firefighting and build a profitable business that runs without you. For custom home builders, remodelers, commercial GCs, and trade contractors, this podcast shows you how to design a real preconstruction process and nail the handoff from office to field. If your projects are slipping, profit is bleeding out through rework and giveaways, and everything lives in your head, you'll get practical systems to tighten precon, cut chaos, and turn your construction business into a more profitable, controllable machine that runs without you. Over time, you'll use what you hear on this show to: ✅ Buy back your time– spend less of your week in day‑to‑day fires and more of it leading, selling, and actually living your life. ✅ Maximize your profit from the work you already do instead of just grinding for more volume. ✅ Scale with confidence – grow the business without doubling your hours or losing control. ✅ Turn your company into a real asset, not just a job – one that can run without you, give you real vacations, and eventually support whatever exit or lifestyle you want. Host Todd Dawalt has spent nearly 30 years in construction and the last decade coaching hundreds of builders, remodelers, GCs, and trade contractors on these issues, managing over $300M of projects and helping companies uncover millions in hidden profit. Hit *Follow* so you don't miss an episode and keep turning your construction business into a systematized, profitable machine that doesn't depend on you for every decision. To go deeper, tools and resources are at constructionleadingedge.com.

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