Spend $100,000 on student loans or $30,000 on a small business loan and go for it.
Personally, I like to get dirty & at the end of the day, I’m dirty smelly & soaking wet. I do HVAC north of Houston in God’s country. I tell my customers & others, if your HVAC tech is showing up all clean, he’s not fixing anything, he’s selling new systems. My motto is, “I love to fix what others wish to replace.” My customers trust me implicitely because they know I carry thousands in parts and 95% of the time I have their part plus, I’ve been doing this for almost 40 yrs. When it’s hot like it has been my phone rings like crazy plus my customers know, I’ll respond immediately or if on a call they know they are next.
Trust me, I could make way more money than most college grads but the fact is this #1 I’m 55yrs old & I do not install attic units in the summer due both to my age & I can’t ethically pay an installer the going rate of $200 for an attic install especially since I personally would never do it in the summer for even 10 times that amount.
Lone Star Com College has an outstanding HVAC program but the contractors simply pay too little for apprentices. #2 I could surely grow my business easily but it’s so much easier for me to only worry about myself. If I did have employees I’d be worried about Obamacare & my requirements.