Collections · after we took over a failing shop
Prior ownership left no real collections system: no trusted aging, no contact log, no retainage list. Several hundred thousand sat outside while jobs on paper still looked fine. We took the keys, ran a fixed cadence, and brought the cash home.
Before we took over
$100k+
Outstanding · untracked · no system
After · day 90
84%
Of that balance in the bank
Same shop. Same clients. Same invoices. Results from one internal turnaround; not typical.
Cash for payroll and materials sits in someone else’s account while the P&L still says the job was profitable. Nobody “decides” to leave it out. The week gets busy. The next job starts.
Late invoices
Sent on a free hour, not job-complete day. Delay starts on your side.
Memory-based follow-up
Contact only when someone notices aging. 30 → 60 → 90 with no decision recorded.
Invisible retainage
Biggest holdbacks, longest sit. No tracker, no release trigger, no weekly ask.
Late 2025: we acquired a tile shop. Prior ownership left almost nothing usable. Zero trusted records. No aging. No contact log. No retainage list. Several hundred thousand outstanding, much of it aged and going nowhere.
Jobs were finished. Profit per job on paper could look fine. The bank account did not. Cash for payroll, materials, and the next jobs was simply not there.
We took over. Every open invoice by age. Fixed follow-up cadence on each. Retainage on its own tracker with contract release language. Worked the list in order, not by memory or mood.
Before we took over
$100k+
Outstanding · untracked · cash disaster
After · money in the bank
84%
By day 90 · 72% by day 60
72% of that outstanding recovered in sixty days. 84% by day ninety. Same shop, same clients, same invoices. Different operators of the process.
That is why the 90-Day Collections Reset exists. We needed the process ourselves first.
Delivered by email · ~2 minutes
Four numbers you already have. Estimates days sales outstanding. Clear verdict. Then the full 90-Day Collections Reset for $27: the sequence we ran after the takeover.
Free · email delivery
Free while full-service capacity is full · then the $27 Reset
Not a collections agency. Not software to learn. The operating sequence from that shop, in order.
Scorecard + full dump. How much is outside, how long it has been gone. Every open invoice on the list.
Two trackers. Worksheet A: AR Aging, one row per invoice. Worksheet B: Retainage Recovery, separate, with release language on every line.
Fifteen-minute aging review the same way every time, plus Five Standing Questions for whoever handles billing.
Digital PDF · instant access
Old sequence
90-Day Collections Reset
Digital · instant
1. FREE — AR Checker. Paid, Waiting, or Stuck. Four numbers. ~2 minutes. Email delivery.
2. $27 — 90-Day Collections Reset. The sequence that pulled cash home after the takeover. Scorecard, trackers, weekly cadence. PDF. Instant. 30-day money-back, no questions.
3. Optional — Talk With Your AR on checkout only.
Email for the free checker
We send it. You run four numbers.
See Paid / Waiting / Stuck
Plain English. Is cash home or not?
Take the $27 plan if you want the fix
Same process we ran after we took the keys.
Email in. Free tool out. $27 only if cash is still outside.
Run the AR Checker, fill the Scorecard, work the first two weeks. If you do not have a clear picture of where cash is stuck and a next action, email within thirty days for a full refund. No reason required.
Yes. This is only about money already earned on jobs already completed.
Common. The AR Checker and Scorecard work with honest estimates. You will still see the shape of the problem.
It is the full process we used and still use. Price is low because it is a PDF and spreadsheet, not a high-touch engagement. Service is separate and limited.
If you invoice, carry open AR, or have retainage, the same leaks and sequence apply. Built inside an operating trade business.
Work found. Bid won. Job finished. Invoice out. The only question left: is that money in your bank?
1. Free AR Checker — Paid / Waiting / Stuck.
2. Optional $27 Reset — pull the cash home.
3. Paid PDF: 30-day money-back, no questions.
That’s the whole form. Free tool first. $27 only if you want the process.