April 4, 2013 AsktheBuilder Newsletter & Tips
Last Saturday I had to run to town to do a bunch of errands. One of my stops was the Post Office in downtown Meredith, NH.
It was a gorgeous, crisp early spring day. Sitting on a lawn chair all by herself was Luka. I could see she was trying to raise money for something, and decided to talk with her after I came out of the post office.
She greeted me pleasantly and told me she was selling flower bulbs to raise money for her ballet school. Being an entrepreneur for over 40 years, I'm a sucker for kids who have the diligence, determination and discipline to do what Luka was doing.
Sitting alone on a street full of strangers is vastly different than walking around ringing your neighbors' doorbells. Plus, I'm a sucker for brilliant red flowers.
I bought some bulbs from Luka, and urge you to do whatever you can to support young people like Luka when you see them trying to sell things like this on their own. You never know, but your sale could be the tipping point transaction that convinces that young person to become a superstar entrepreneur businessperson.
TIP OF THE WEEK - PATCHING PLASTER
Two nights ago, I was in Andover, NH participating in a debate. A woman in the audience recognized me as the AsktheBuilder.com guy and wondered if I could give her any tips on patching old plaster. We were killing time because the man I was debating was running about an hour late. He had a late-afternoon family health crisis that threw him off schedule.
"You bet I can!" I exclaimed. "If you have deep holes to patch, ones where the brown sandy base coat of the plaster is exposed, you never ever want to use the drywall joint compound in buckets that you see at the home center. You'll just waste time and money," I informed her.
Oh, you want to know exactly what to use and how to do it, don't you! Why you need to do what I told her to do. Always, always, always go to AsktheBuilder.com and type your keywords into my search engine. I suggested to her, "Type 'plaster repair' into my search engine. Wait till you see what I've written!"
You're lucky. You don't have to type because here's a link to a patching plaster column that explains much of what you need to know.
If you desire MORE information on how to produce expert plaster patches, just do what I said above. I have about five or six columns on patching plaster. The search box is right there in the upper right corner of the page.
ARE YOU AN IP ATTORNEY?
Are you an intellectual property attorney that would love to sink your teeth into a juicy trademark infringement case? One where a big company has made a big boo-boo? Reply to this email if you do these cases on a contingency basis.
HELP DAN!
My buddy Dan needs you to push him over the top in the NEXT 24 hours! This is a very worthy car gas-mileage project at Kickstarter. It could save you lots of money over time. Please consider pushing Dan up and over his goal. He's a great guy. His project funding date is over in just 24 hours. Please go help him now.
WANT TO BECOME A B&B OWNER?
Fred and Sandi, close friends of mine, are retiring and selling the famous Atwood Inn here in New Hampshire. This is the bed and breakfast I stayed in on my exploration trip when I came up to look for land to build on. It's a fantastic B&B. I know as I've stayed in many of them.
The Atwood Inn is centrally located to many of the attractions here in New Hampshire. If you've dreamed of wanting to be a B&B owner, this is a RARE find.
Here's the listing page, but I suggest you CALL Fred directly to get the real skinny. Be sure to mention my name so he's not taken off guard. 603-934-3666
I'm pretty sure Sandi's secret scone recipe will be passed to you at the closing table. Have you watched the video of me stuffing one in my piehole? It's right at the top of the Atwood Inn home page. http://go.askthebuilder.com/secretscone
START AND OPERATE YOUR OWN HANDYMAN BUSINESS!
I finally finished re-taping the three-hour series on how to start and operate your own Handyman business. You're purchasing a DVD that I ship to you. You watch the series OFFLINE.
I'm offering, for just the next week, a DISCOUNT if you purchase the entire series at once. On April 14th, the price for the entire series WILL GO UP significantly.
If you want to just buy each hour, you can do that. A link to each hour can be found at the above link.
More Tips and Tricks next week!
Tim built custom homes and did ultra-custom remodeling for 20+ years before launching his Ask the Builder media presence. He was selected as one of the Big 50 by Remodeling magazine in 1993. This award gave birth to Ask the Builder in October 1993. Tim also operates https://DrawPlumbingPlans.com. His @askthebuilder YouTube channel was the first home improvement channel on YouTube.