trying to help out other tradespeople

[Jason Roehl]

Many fail to begin to understand the concept of opportunity cost. Being too diverse in your skills may mean that you lose out on higher-paying niche market work.

[Patrick Walsh]

I was also thinking he could be trying to stretch his work.

I know i fall into that pickle from time to time. Even so most of the time even in these situations subbing out certain parts of projects still makes sense.

[dennis thompson]

When I was 19 years old I bought an auto repair shop. At that point I knew NOTHING. I started doing engine overhauls thinking there was big profit in them, I was wrong. Not only did they take too long but the probability for comebacks was high. I learned fairly quickly the key to success was smaller jobs, like brakes, oil changes, tune ups, etc. You are right to advise him & hopefully he will listen to you. I am now 73 and I know slightly more than NOTHING.