grandpa Love
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Loved reading all the replies below. I will set the record straight, I think I was called a fool.... Anyway, we started our carpentry business 20+ years ago with just me and my wife. We grew slowly until about 9 years ago when we started installing fencing and decks for Lowe's. We are good at what we do and our reputation spread to more stores than a could handle. So we added trucks and crews. Not greed, not pride just sorta happened. After a couple years we realized that we were not happy. We weren't able to give the customers our quality work when we sent a crew out. I was running around dealing with screw ups and other issues. My wife was stuck in the office 8-10 hours a day. So we down sized. For the last 2-3 years it's been back to just me and my wife. We actually bring more money into our family and less stress. We had a terrible accountant for a few years while at Lowe's and she didn't know how to handle our business needs. Got in deep with the IRS. New accountant has helped us get out of that hole. He thinks we should grow our carpentry business. We think not. Happy where we are.