Book cover for ScopeFirst: Stop Blaming Your Contractor. Start Writing Better Scopes. by Michael J Mitchell

ScopeFirst

Stop Blaming Your Contractor. Start Writing Better Scopes.

2026 Released
176 Pages
2-3 Hours
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Independently PublishedISBN 9798176747447
Every blown renovation budget traces back to the same mistake: a scope that was never actually written.

You didn't lose money because your contractor is dishonest. You lost money because you handed him a number instead of a plan and let him fill in every blank you never wrote down.

Michael Mitchell has lived on both sides of this problem. Since starting his construction company in 2013, he's completed over 1,500 renovation projects for investors across Kansas City, small and large. As an investor himself, he's completed 135 BRRRR projects, flipped 12 homes, and wholesaled 20 more, all using the exact system in this book.

Scope First is that system.

Inside, you'll learn:


  • Why your contractor's "estimate" isn't a scope of work, and why that gap is costing you thousands

  • The Five Laws of Scope First, the exact framework Michael uses to control every renovation before it starts

  • How to break a project down by trade so you always know exactly where your money is going

  • Why "just tell me what it'll cost" is the most expensive sentence in real estate investing

  • How to negotiate from a position of clarity instead of hope

This isn't theory. Every chapter is built from real deals, real losses, and real numbers, including the ones that went wrong before Michael figured out why.

If you're tired of guessing, tired of change orders eating your profit, and tired of blaming contractors for a problem that starts before they ever show up, this book hands you the system that ends it.

Scope First. Numbers Second. Negotiate Last.

Michael J Mitchell

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