Last Tuesday I got three decent gigs in a row out of nowhere. One was a furniture assembly in Dallas that paid $120 for two hours, and the other two were small handyman jobs that added up to $180 by dinner. Usually I'm scrapping for $50 offers or driving 45 minutes for a no-show, so this felt like hitting a jackpot. Truck ran fine, no traffic, and every customer actually tipped cash on top. I keep waiting for the bad streak to hit again and it's making me paranoid. Has anyone else had a random good day that made them suspicious?
I heard a guy at the hardware store say he never takes jobs under $50 an hour because it attracts the wrong kind of customers. Last week I passed on a $200 offer to fix a fence because the homeowner wanted me to also haul away old lumber for free. Has anyone else found a hard floor price that keeps bad deals away?