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Write estimates that hold their margin, track change orders, and know the profit on every build — free estimate and profit tools plus job trackers for construction and remodeling.
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add materials, labor, and overhead, set your markup, and get the price to quote plus your profit and margin
Free toolenter revenue and cost to instantly see gross profit, profit margin %, and markup %
Free toolenter your fixed costs, price, and variable cost per sale to see how many units and how much revenue you need to break even
Free toolenter your target take-home, billable hours, and expenses to find the hourly rate you actually need to charge
Google Sheets & Excel, each with a free phone version. Buy direct or on Etsy.
Specific answers with the formulas and examples behind the tools.
What every estimate must include, how to price it so you profit, and the terms that stop scope creep before it starts.
TradesGross margin, net margin, markup — they're not the same, and confusing them is why contractors work hard and keep little. Here's the target and how to get there.
Trades & ContractorsThe fastest way to go broke while staying busy is underpricing jobs. Here's how to build a quote from real costs up — so profit is designed in, not hoped for.
Itemize materials and labor, add a contingency for the unknowns, and apply your markup on the whole thing — then track change orders so scope creep doesn't eat the profit. See how to write a contractor estimate.
Remodelers commonly target a 30–50% gross margin depending on the work, landing in the high single digits to mid-teens net after overhead. Check yours with the profit margin calculator.
Document every scope change with its own price before you do the work, and track them against the original contract. A change-order tracker keeps that from becoming free work — browse the catalog →
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