The Hack Hour Podcast

🚀 Can You Build a Thriving Remodeling Business with Just $5,000? YES, You Can! 🛠️

In this episode of the HackHour Podcast, I’m sharing my personal journey of starting a successful remodeling business with nothing but:
✔️ A 1995 Toyota 4Runner 🚙
✔️ A handful of tools 🔨
✔️ A relentless focus on outworking the competition 💪

💡 Here’s what you’ll learn in this video:
🔑 The 3 things homeowners desperately want from their contractors.
🔧 How to make professionalism and communication your biggest tools for success.
🔥 Why being a great craftsman isn’t enough—and how to dominate the mental side of the business.
📈 How to invest your first $5K to set up your business for long-term success.

💬 Pro Tip: It’s not about how much money you start with—it’s about how smart you are with what you have. Whether you’re just starting out or trying to scale, these strategies will help you crush the remodeling game.

🛠️ Tools for Success:
✔️ Communication
✔️ Consistency
✔️ Hustle

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What’s holding you back from starting your own remodeling business? Drop a comment below—I read and reply to every single one! 👇

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🚧 Are You Struggling to Make Subcontracting Work in Your Remodeling Business? 🚧
In this episode of The Hack Hour Podcast, we reveal the dirty secret to making subcontracting simple, enjoyable, and profitable! 💰

🎯 Whether you’re dealing with chaotic subs, nitpicking clients, or unexpected hiccups, the key to subcontracting success lies in your leadership and problem-solving skills. 💪 From mastering communication to building profit margins that protect you, we’re sharing actionable strategies to help you:
✅ Earn more.
✅ Stress less.
✅ Build a trusted reputation.

💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
1️⃣ Why being a master problem-solver is your #1 subcontracting superpower. 🛠️
2️⃣ How clear communication and anticipation keep projects on track. 🗓️
3️⃣ The power of paying subs fairly and keeping your word. 🤝
4️⃣ How to handle curveballs with confidence (and without breaking your budget). 🎯
5️⃣ The ultimate formula for subcontracting success: profit + trust + leadership = WINNING. 🏆

🌟 Who Is This For?
👉 Remodeling business owners who want to eliminate headaches and run smoother projects.
👉 Remodelers ready to level up from skilled craftsman to confident business leader.
👉 Anyone tired of juggling subcontractors and looking for a stress-free, profitable system.

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🔥 Final Words:
Success isn’t about luck—it’s about leadership. When you solve problems, communicate clearly, and take control of the process, you can transform subcontracting into your remodeling business’s biggest asset. 💼 Let’s build that dream business together!

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🚨 50% Markup Is NOT Enough! 🚨 (Hackhour Podcast: Episode 38)

👉 Think you’re making bank with a 50% markup? Think again! A 50% markup only gives you a 33% margin—and that’s not enough to keep your remodeling business thriving. In this game-changing episode of the Hackhour Podcast, host Mike Menges, founder of The Remodeling Academy, breaks down why razor-thin margins are putting your business at risk—and what to do instead.

💡 What You’ll Learn:

🎙️ Episode Highlights:
✔️ Why isn’t 50% markup enough?
✔️ What does a 50% profit margin really look like?
✔️ How to price smarter and sell better.
✔️ The dangers of low margins—and how to avoid them.

💥 Don’t settle for survival—aim for success! Learn how to price your work right, deliver more value, and build a remodeling business that thrives. 💼✨

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🔗 Listen Now and start transforming your business!

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Episode Title: Are You Really Pricing Your Remodeling Jobs Correctly?

Episode Description:
Are you leaving money on the table with every project? In this episode of Hackhour Podcast, Mike Menges, founder of The Remodeling Academy, dives into the critical pricing mistakes most remodelers make—and how to fix them.

Discover why simply charging for materials and labor isn’t enough to keep your business profitable. Mike breaks down the difference between markup and margin, reveals the hidden costs you’re probably forgetting (like setup time, transitions, and overhead), and shares actionable tips to ensure every hour and expense is accounted for.

Remodeling is complicated, high-risk, and full of variables. Learn how to price your projects accurately and confidently, so you can stop stressing over razor-thin margins and start building a business that thrives.

📈 Key Takeaways:

If you’re ready to grow your remodeling business, head over to TheRemodelingAcademy.com to grab your FREE copy of Weed the Lead and sign up for the Morning Hammer newsletter. Want to see how your business stacks up? Take the 5-Day Remodel Challenge at RemodelingRiches.com.

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Are you ready to start your own remodeling business but don’t know where to begin? Here we break down the 4 essential steps to build your remodeling business from scratch:

Become a Industry Leader - be the best - be a 🏆 ✨ 🔨Renegade

"Are You Maybe Afraid of the P Word - PROFIT?"

Let’s start with a tough pill to swallow: for many of us, our upbringing conditioned us to avoid failure at all costs. Millennials in particular grew up in an era where “participation trophies” became the norm. Everyone was a winner, no one was allowed to feel the sting of losing, and failure was seen as something to protect you from rather than a valuable teacher.

Psychologically, this created a fear of failure and an unhealthy attachment to comfort zones. Research shows that children who don’t experience failure early in life are less likely to develop resilience, risk tolerance, and problem-solving skills as adults. These are critical traits for running a business, especially one as dynamic as remodeling.

Eddie Murray, or 'Steady Eddie,' wasn’t flashy. He wasn’t an especially great defensive player, and first base is considered a relatively easy defensive position. But for 21 seasons, general managers across baseball would’ve done anything to have Eddie on their team. Why?Because Eddie was disciplined. He wasn’t just good—he was consistently excellent. He worked on his weaknesses relentlessly. He even taught himself to bat from both sides of the plate—an incredible achievement that gave him an edge in any matchup.

I’m not the first person to talk about qualifying prospects. But here’s the deal: most of the advice out there is either too vague, too complicated, or simply outdated. Over the years, I’ve refined and perfected this process into something you can use immediately, whether you’re just starting out or looking to take your business to the next level.

By the end of this episode, you’ll know why qualifying your leads is critical, what makes the Weed the Lead process so effective, and how to start using it right away. Most importantly, you’ll see how this system sets you up to work only with your ideal clients—the ones who respect your time, value your expertise, and are willing to pay what you’re worth."

Today, we’re tackling a hot-button topic that’s been debated in remodeling circles for years: handyman work. Is it really just for chumps? When I first launched my remodeling business, I thought so too. I’d hear from other remodelers, read in industry forums, and see the same message over and over: “You can’t run a proper, successful remodeling business and make money as a handyman.” So, for over a year, I turned down every small job that came my way.

Looking back, I was completely ignorant of the potential. And the funny part? The people telling me to avoid handyman work were often the same ones who had tried and failed to make it work themselves. But here’s what changed for me—and how you can use handyman work to grow your business and outsmart the competition.