
← Home Hero Podcast3 aug · 1 u 22 min
Triangle Handyman Services: From Nights and Weekends to a Full Team
<p>For Taylor and Michael Robair, their story started with a simple problem: one income wasn't covering the bills, and staying home with their kids mattered too much to give up. So Michael started picking up $30 handyman jobs on Angie at night and on weekends, assembling furniture and hanging TVs while the app billed homeowners three times what he took home.</p><p>A few years later, they run Triangle Handyman Services in Raleigh, North Carolina with a small team, they did around $200K in the first half of 2026, and they're chasing a $500K to $600K year. This one is the honest version of how a family builds something real from scratch.</p><p>Taylor and Michael sit down with Jason and Coby to walk through it.</p><p>In this episode:</p><ul><li>How Michael turned cheap Angie jobs into loyal, direct, repeat clients he still serves today</li><li>The Facebook group post that made Taylor realize handyman work is real money</li><li>Going from $50 an hour to $145 to $198, and why they stopped telling clients their hourly rate</li><li>Why they price every single job on the spot instead of emailing a quote later</li><li>The hiring saga: why a Facebook jobs post beat Indeed, and the applicant who checked all 21 skill boxes straight from Waffle House</li><li>Why they share their full profit and loss statement with their technicians</li><li>The 21-day stretch that nearly ran them into the ground, and the 5 o'clock boundary that protects their family time now</li></ul><p>If you're grinding through the startup phase or trying to make the jump to full-time, this one is packed with real numbers and honest decisions from a family figuring it out in real time.<br /><br />Hosted by Jason Call and Coby McManaman of Handyman Marketing Pros<br /><br />👉 Schedule a free, no-pressure strategy call: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://go.handymanmarketingpros.com" target="_blank">http://go.handymanmarketingpros.com</a><br />👉 Grab the free 3-in-1 Handyman Playbook Bundle: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://go.handymanmarketingpros.com/p" target="_blank">http://go.handymanmarketingpros.com/p</a><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUM4Zm9rVEF0ckRhT0wwSnpOUFVPZ2poUVRQYnxBR3JiS2FtUGRURzA4ODJ2aWp5TG9LU2VLNWxYRXlXWWw2SmwxdDk5N3lxaEVOVEJpaXBtV1NUSTcyZHd3c3dsQnBuNXFyWnI4RFdrQkpWRWlPQWNtOHNrcDJzTTFkZTNnOFVT&q=http%3A%2F%2Fgo.handymanmarketingpros.com%2Fphttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fredirect%3Fevent%3Dvideo_description%26redir_token%3DQUFFLUhqbXRPX1B5SFlBUU1JQTE2N0p5OTNXZW5rT3d2Z3xBQ3Jtc0tsbFZlakplSUw3NXhPbFRaaDBvMFotRjhyVzNwckdEVEhyUm5xX2lNZnpqcFk5TnhFeElSUG56SlF1RWM0bldWYzZYWG1TSXpXVzc4ZHFWWTB0R2l2TDdJQi1CYUtWdk9hLWJ6Y1pnZ1ZnQWlKaWFrRQ%26q%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fgo.handymanmarketingpros.com%252Fplaybook-form%26v%3DtGYABdTz7ts&v=n1vLHrcLapc" target="_blank">...</a><br />👉 Connect with us:<br />💻 Website: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://handymanmarketingpros.com" target="_blank">http://handymanmarketingpros.com</a><br />Facebook Group: <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeherocommunity" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/groups/homeherocommunity</a><br /><br />New episodes of the Home Hero Podcast every week. If you got value from this one, subscribe and leave a review. It helps more home service pros find the show.</p>