Choosing the Trades

Coaching Contractors Without Trade Experience: What the Owner Has and What You Bring

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

Trade experience is a door, and a long way from the job. What a contractor already has, what he is missing, the weekend of vocabulary you owe him, and how to answer when he asks.

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Consulting to Home Service Contractors: A Market Guide for Coaches and Operators

Jim Cosmas

Published on: 09/09/2026

387,000 home service contractors, almost no coaches who name them. The market, the arithmetic, what the work is, what it pays, and who fits.

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