Episode No. 010 · General Contracting
Marcus Hale
Hale Built
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Years in the trade
- 22
Marcus swung a hammer for a production builder before starting his own remodeling company out of a single truck. He is unusually open about numbers, and unusually blunt about what scaling actually costs.
Their story
Marcus lays out the hiring season that nearly broke him, the weekly numbers he refuses to skip, and why he now walks away from work he would have chased ten years ago.
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Episode 010 · 1h 04m
From One Truck to Nineteen Without Losing the Work
Marcus breaks down the hiring mistakes that cost him a season, the numbers he watches every Monday, and why he'd rather lose a bid than lose a foreman.
Their Trick of the Trade
The company
Hale Built
Whole-home remodels and additions. Nineteen employees, in-house carpentry and project management.