Profic Calculator, an example of the resultant spreadsheet with 300 inspections @ a cost of $300.00 each. I used a conservative number for most fixed cost entries and no provisions for retirement witholdings. Check it out, it will open your eyes.

Pay attention to the cost per inspection at $200.00 What's your minimum fee? Now look at the actual income using $300.00 as the fee. Most of us need to make considerably more than this to crack the monthly nut, especially if you have kids. So what does this mean? It means you have to make sure that your services are not seen as a commodity. And you do that through marketing smarter.