Does anyone actually have time to answer the phone? Honestly, the biggest bottleneck for me lately hasn't been the actual work—it’s the constant phone ringing while I’m in the middle of a job or a takeoff. I’ve been looking into setting up an AI receptionist to just handle the initial calls and book appointments directly into my calendar so I can actually stay focused. Has anyone here tried this yet? Curious if it actually works for contractors or if it’s better to just keep doing it manually.

Studies show contractors miss up to 35% of their inbound calls. And when they do follow up — the average response time is over 3 hours. Alex Hormozi has said it for years: if you are not reaching a lead within 5 minutes your close rate drops by 80%. Most contractors know this. Very few have actually fixed it. I recently helped set up an AI agent for a contractor — it answers every call, sounds like a real person, and books appointments directly into the calendar. 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. In 60 days their booked jobs went up 30%. Not from more leads. Not from better ads. Just from stopping the leak that was already there. The leads were coming in. They just weren't being caught. How are you currently handling calls when you or your team are unavailable? Genuinely curious what's working for people here.