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Handyman for the small "honey-do" jobs contractors skip

Mounting a TV, fixing a fence board, assembling furniture, patching drywall — the 30-to-90-minute jobs bigger contractors won't bother with. Basic tools, and a job list most homeowners already have written down somewhere.

Capital to start

$500-3,000

Revenue ceiling

$3,000-8,000/mo

Top of range — not a guarantee

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Our read on the gapOpinion

The jobs too small for a contractor are still too big for the homeowner.

The jobs too small for a contractor are still too big for the homeowner. A 30-to-90-minute task doesn't justify a contractor's callout, but it still needs someone with the tools — so a generalist who takes them is pricing the callout, not the labour.

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