Roof to Riches
For roofers who want more than a paycheck.
Each week, get proven money systems, sales insights, and mindset shifts designed to help you turn roofing income into long-term wealth.
No fluff — just real strategies from the field.
Nobody warns you about taxes when you jump into commission-only roofing sales. You close your first few deals, the checks hit, and it feels like you finally made it. Then April rolls around and the nu...
If you sell roofs on a 1099 and nobody's taking taxes out of your checks, you've probably heard you should open a retirement account. Then someone throws two names at you that sound like robot part nu...
Let me guess. You closed a big month, the commission check hit, and taxes were the last thing on your mind. Nobody hands you a W-2 and takes the tax out for you anymore. You're 1099 now, and that mean...
You close a big roof, the commission check hits, and somewhere in the back of your head a question keeps nagging. Should you set up an LLC, or just keep filing as a sole proprietor like you have been?...
You close a big month, the commission check hits, and then tax season rolls around and you find out how much of it belonged to the IRS all along. If you're a 1099 roofing sales rep, that sting is your...
You close a big month. The check clears, the truck payment's handled, and there's real money sitting in your account. Then the same thought hits every 1099 guy sooner or later. Where's this money supp...
Two roofing sales reps close the same number of deals in the same year and bring home the same gross commission. One of them files as a W-2 employee. The other files as a 1099 contractor. Come April, ...
You're on rooftops all day, in the truck between appointments, and in customers' driveways closing deals. So when somebody mentions a home office deduction, your first thought is probably "I don't eve...
If you sell roofs on commission, nobody is holding taxes out of your checks. That check that hits your account is the full number, and it feels great. Then April shows up and the government wants its ...
Here's the trap almost every commission rep walks into. You close a monster month, the check hits, and every dollar in that account looks like yours. It isn't. A chunk of it belongs to the IRS, and th...
If you're running a roofing route in your own truck, that truck is a rolling tax deduction. Most guys I talk to know that much. What they don't know is that the IRS gives you two totally different way...
You crushed it last year. Big months, fat commission checks, the kind of season that makes you feel like you finally figured this whole thing out. Then a little form shows up in your inbox or mailbox ...
