A short conversational transcript from a Mike Andes YouTube video about cash-flow problems on a $300,000 landscape project. Speakers discuss a $30,000 unpaid plant invoice, staged client payments (20–25% deposit then installments), and having to wait for $40–$50k payment chunks, which creates liquidity strain and uneven bank balances.
I've got a $30,000 plant invoice here from our designer that I haven't paid yet. I've got to go to my client and say, hey, can we get that installment a week early so we can pay for all of this?
Do they pay, like, in increments throughout the whole time?
Yeah, 25 or 20% deposit to start and then. And then installments. And we realized that the schedule was a bit too drawn out.
$300,000 landscape job that we have to wait on 40, $50,000 chunks of revenue. That causes ups and downs in our cash flow and how much money is sitting in the bank account.
The cash flow from liquidity has been.
Bad because of projects.
So we're essentially.
Let'S not do projects.
