plumbers are one business where its not as hard to go it on your own if there is work available in your area.....most plumbers i know are their own bosses....the book keeping part is just the big area cause nothing is going to be more frustrating than 8 months from when you go it alone knowing you need to cut costs somewhere and your staring at a box that has your whole business in it as far as receipts, invoices and such and no way to make sense of it all in a timely manner.....the P&L reports on quickbooks make it a simple matter to quickly and effectively look stuff over and not frustrate the hell out of yourself....we look at ours monthly, and we run different time periods to compare the first quarter this year to first quarters for the last 5 years and things like that so we can see trends and concentrate on what does make us money....
i really cant understate just how helpful that damn program is when used properly....
Last edited by rattler; 03/07/13.
