Running two trades without running two systems

Duplicate systems mean duplicate customers. The same homeowner exists twice, the same property exists twice, and no report covers both.

Model activities instead. Declare each service line you sell, record whether you self-perform or subcontract it, and keep one job tied to exactly one activity.

That single rule — one job, one activity — is what makes trade-by-trade margin comparison possible at all.

Depth comes later. A trade-specific workflow should be layered on an activity that already runs the standard cycle, never a prerequisite for selling the work.