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In my area, maintenance accounts are not near as profitable as hardscaping. We are saturated with gypsies, guys who throw a mower on a truck or trailer and become instant landscapers after they get home from their real job. They keep the prices depressed, it's hard to make a living at it legitimately. I have a maintenance crew, it breaks even, but I use it for a marketing tool to bring in the other work.
I get work from my customers and their neighbors who see my lettered truck in the neighborhood. You'll have to bust your butt to make the same money cutting as you do building.
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