Every contractor wants to streamline their operations. That’s why so many sign up for estimating apps, CRMs, scheduling tools, accounting software, time tracking, material procurement platforms — the list goes on.

But over time, these helpful tools start to stack up. Before you know it, you’re paying $2,000 to $5,000 a month for a bloated tech stack that doesn’t even talk to itself. Worse, no one is fully trained on half the systems, so you’re not even getting the ROI.

Here’s the problem: software bloat silently kills net profit. It’s a slow drip you don’t notice — until you run a 12-month expense report and realize how much is being siphoned away.

Real World Mistake & Lesson: A general contractor I worked with had signed up for over 14 different software services. Each one had a purpose at some point — but several overlapped, some weren’t even used anymore, and none were reviewed annually. We did a full software audit and cut $2,700/month — over $32,000 a year — in costs without losing functionality. They consolidated tools, trained staff properly, and saw an improvement in productivity too.

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