books about: contractor

books about: contractor

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Contractor

Working for Yourself: Law & Taxes for Independent Contractors, Freelancers & Consultants

Stephen Fishman

NOLO, 2008

Essential Guidance for the Self-Employed
This is a book I wish that I had many years ago when I spent 4 years as an independent software contractor. It is a down-to-earth guide to the fundamentals of working as an independent, covering everything from setting up the business to planning for retirement. ...

The E-Myth Contractor: Why Most Contractors' Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It

Michael E. Gerber

Collins Business, 2003

Excellent overview and insights into a concept that so many contractors are reluctant to take on
A worthwhile book and easy to read at night after 8 hours of hard physical labor. This will change your thinking if you are stuck in the dollars for hours mindset. Once you've read this, move on to the regular e-myth book for more in-depth tips (the regular book is a ...

Surprisingly Simple: Independent Contractor, Sole Proprietor, and LLC Taxes Explained in 100 Pages or Less

Mike Piper

Simple Subjects, LLC, 2008

Surprisingly Easy
This book is surprisingly easy to read and understand. This book is for someone who does not know anything about taxes. It is an excellent introductory book. If you've been in business a while you should know everything that is in here - if not, pick this book up!

Be Your Own House Contractor

Carl Heldmann

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2006

A MUST for new home builders
This book really opened my eyes as to how much was involved in building/being your own contractor. The author obviously speaks from experience.

BIM Handbook: A Guide to Building Information Modeling for Owners, Managers, Designers, Engineers and ...

Chuck Eastman, Paul Teicholz, ...

Wiley, 2008

A Must Have Book for Your Library
This is clearly the most comprehensive book to date on the subject of building information modeling. It covers the entire spectrum and provides many comparative analyses of existing products, to help you make an educated choice of tools.

What Your Contractor Can't Tell You: The Essential Guide to Building and Renovating

Amy Johnston

Shube Publishing, 2008

Excellent Resource
As a building professional (licensed general contractor since 1991), I think that this book by Amy Johnston is an excellent resource in preparing a person to undertake a building project. The book is chock full of practical, insightful information that gives consumers ...

The Complete Guide to Contracting Your Home

Dave McGuerty, Kent Lester

Betterway Books, 1997

A great handbook for planning your home building
There are so many things covered in this book that a list will be drastically incomplete, but I will give a few: Deciding if it's worth it to contract your own home. Buying land. PLanning your home for that land (position, site issues), energy saving measures, ...

Builders of the Pacific Coast

Lloyd Kahn

Shelter Publications, Inc., 2008

Continued Tradition
Living on the west coast I can see on a daily basis the influence of books on shelter by Lloyd Kahn. This latest effort is filled with in-depth coverage of over 40 unique builders/crafts-people, a lot of whom are in British Columbia. These are all what I'd call true ...

Waiting for Nick / Considering Kate (Stanislaski, Books 5 & 6) (Stanislaski Stories)

Nora Roberts

Silhouette, 2008

Stanlislaski series
Enjoy the Nora Roberts series and this was very good. Book in Excellant condition. Very pleased.

Markup & Profit: A Contractor's Guide

Michael C. Stone

Craftsman Book Company, 1999

Mark up & Profit
This book has a world of information that is extremely helpful for any aspect of the construction field from start to finish. I would strongly recommend this book to anyone that wants to know how to lower their overhead and still give out quality service with a greater ...

Construction Business Management: What Every Construction Contractor, Builder & Subcontractor Needs to Know

Nick Ganaway

RSMeans, 2006

Important Information for New Contractors
If you are a person that is just starting out in the Construction industry, this book can help guide you in the right direction. Many mistakes that I have made in the past 10 years are covered in these pages. I wish I would have had this book back then. It would ...

Build Your Dream Home for Less

R Dodge Woodson

Betterway Books, 1995

Thorough but not overwhelmingly detailed - just right
We are planning to general contract our own home, and I found this book to be a good resource. I'm a woman and have generally left "trade" stuff to my husband, but as he is working FT and I'm not, I'll be largely managing the project and I wanted to do a lot of ...

Guide To Contract Pricing: Cost And Price Analysis For Contractors, Subcontractors, And Government Agencies

John Edward Murphy

Management Concepts, 2004

This is well worth buying!
I have been in procurement for a few years now but found this book to be very well written. The information certainly clarified many issues I had concerns about especially in the area of cost analysis. I can safely say, its a book I will be using on a regular basis as ...

How to Plan, Contract and Build Your Own Home

Richard M. Scutella, Dave Heberle

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2005

How To Plan, Design & Contract Your Own Home
This book is very helpful for you to work with and speak the language of your contractor. It is not designed for you to be your own contractor, but to work with one that you select. In Part II "How to Build It", the book shows how a house is put together. If you never ...

Building a Successful Construction Company

Patricia W. Atallah

Kaplan Business, 2006

Required reading
If you are considering starting a construction business or trying to grow an existing contracting firm, this book offers hard won experience in a well written format. It is like having a conversation with a personal construction industry business coach. The book ...