Profitable Painter Podcast
Profitable Painter Podcast is a rich resource for anyone interested in starting, running, and scaling a professional painting business, offering valuable insights, strategies, and interviews with industry leaders. Through case studies and in-depth discussions, we deliver a vivid picture of the painting industry, with a disclaimer that any financial or tax information is general and not a substitute for professional advice.
Episodes
233 episodes
Can This $850K Painting Business Really Hit $2M in 12 Months?
I tear down the real books of an $850K painting business that wants to hit $2M in 12 months: the GP-to-CAC ratio blocking it, the $3,800/month agency math, and the hiring plan that gets him there.Work with us<...
Can This $350K Painting Business Owner Really Double in 12 Months?
I tear down the real financial statements of a $350K painting business — the cash problem, the markup mistake killing its gross profit, and whether it can double to $600K in 12 months.Work with us
If I Buy a Painting Business.. Here's What I Check First
4 Financial Moves to turn a $3M+ painting business into a SELLABLE ASSET.Work with ushttps://profitablepaintercpa.com/vslFree Book - Profitable Painter
How I'd Grow a Painting Business From $1M to $3M
How I'd Get a Painting Business From $1M to $3MWork with ushttps://profitablepaintercpa.com/vslFree Book - Profitable Painter
What $1M PAINTING CONTRACTORS Know that You Don't
6 financial moves to ACTUALLY Reach $1M in Your Painting Business.Work with ushttps://profitablepaintercpa.com/vslFree Book - Profitable Painter
6 Financial Moves for Painting Businesses Under $350K
6 financial moves every painting business under $350K needs to get right first.Work with ushttps://profitablepaintercpa.com/vslFree Book - ...
12 Strategies for Painting Contractors to Legally Pay Less in Taxes
12 tax strategies for painting business owners, explained in plain English by a CPA who's worked with 500+ painting businesses over the last 10 years.Work with usht...
Helping a $700K Painting Business Fix Its Overhead and Pricing
Daniel helps the owner of a $700K painting company who has been badly undercharging for overhead - marking up 10% when his real numbers call for far more. Daniel walks through a complete job-pricing model (fully-loaded labor + materials, an ove...
Helping a $500k Painting Business with Profitability and Exit Planning
Daniel provides a roadmap for a business owner looking to optimize his painting company for an eventual sale and retirement in 12 to 14 years. The discussion focuses on immediate strategies to improve cash flow by increasing job deposits and lo...
Helping a $1.5M Painting Business with Sales Compensation Models
In this video, we explore effective compensation strategies for painting business sales teams, including both door-to-door setters and closers. The discussion breaks down a tiered commission structure tied directly to gross profit, designed to ...
Helping a Painting Franchise with 3 Accounting Red Flags
In this session, we dive into the three primary accounting red flags that can hinder the success of a painting business: improper pricing, team compensation errors, and poor cash management. You will learn why undercharging can be fatal for fra...
Helping a $600k Painting Business Boost Profitability
Learn how a professional painting business generating $600k in annual revenue can bridge the gap from a 6% cash flow to a target of 25% discretionary earnings. This discussion focuses on the critical need to raise gross profit from 40% to 55% b...
Helping a $650k Painting Business Optimize Their Customer Acquisition Cost
Send us Fan MailIs your home service business growing fast but seeing margins shrink due to rising ad costs? In this strategy session, we break down the financials of a painti...
Helping a $700k Painting Business Manage Debt and Cash Flow
We look at why a high-revenue business can still feel cash-starved and why a new loan often masks the real issue. We lay out a simple cash buffer rule, a debt payoff order, and payment terms that protect cash flow without cutting margins.• ...
Helping a $1.5M Painting Business Save Big in Tax
We lay out practical tax strategies for an S-corp painting company, focusing on simple systems that capture real deductions without playing games. We compare low-risk moves like an accountable plan to higher-scrutiny tactics like hiring teenage...
Helping a $600k Painting Business Owner Fix Their Offer and Cashflow
We walk through why a strong revenue year can still feel like financial quicksand when margins, marketing ROI, and cash timing do not line up. We map out specific moves to improve close rate, raise gross profit, and stabilize cash flow without ...
Helping a $1.4M Painting Business Owner Increase Margin and Cash
We break down why lowering prices in a bidding war often backfires, and how a stronger sales process can lift close rate and protect painting business margins. We map out a practical path from better scripts and training to smart price increase...
Helping a $900k Painting Business Owner Save Big in Tax
We walk through how to use a business to create personal financial benefits legally, focusing on deductions you can defend with documentation. We compare practical tax strategies for a service business, including meeting-based deductions, reimb...
LLC Or S-Corp?
We break down when an LLC stops being the best fit and when an S-corp becomes worth evaluating for a painting business. We focus on business stage, stable profit, and clean systems so you can save on self-employment tax without creating a compl...
A $1.5 Million Painting Company Can Still Run Out Of Money
We break down why a painting business can be busy, profitable on paper, and still nearly broke, using a real case of $1.5M in revenue with only $7K in cash. We lay out a simple order of operations that stabilizes cash flow before you ever consi...
Stop Spending 10% On Marketing Blindly
We bust the “10% of revenue on marketing” myth and explain why that advice can crush profit when it’s used without context. We use GP to CAC as the simple growth compass that tells us when marketing spend is smart and when it’s just burning cas...
Seven Commercial Painting Mistakes That Drain Cash
Commercial painting can unlock bigger jobs and steadier revenue, but the cash flow rules change fast and they can punish anyone who treats it like larger residential work. I break down seven common financial mistakes and the simple systems that...
Profitable Outbound Marketing
We show how painting business owners can add outbound marketing without crushing gross profit and turning growth into stress. We use simple GP to CAC ratios to decide when paid leads make sense and when they just buy busyness. • defini...