I’m scared for some reason any advice?

Hello everyone. I recently moved to Dallas (grew up here but moved back ) and I am starting a lawn care service. I actually built my own lawn care software that handles automated texts, emails, invoices, sales capture, and route planning.

Right now I hit a bit of a setback because my car broke down. Because of that I cannot really go door to door easily or transport equipment yet. I also have not bought a mower yet because the original plan was to use my car to move everything around.

Even with that I am still planning to move forward. My idea right now is to print flyers and walk door to door in neighborhoods close to me. Dallas has a lot of dense neighborhoods so there are quite a few houses within walking distance.

There is also a neighborhood near the plasma center I go to that is about a 30 minute walk and it is right next to a school with a lot of houses around it. My plan is to start in those areas and enter the houses into my software when I get home so I can build routes later.

If I get a few customers in the same neighborhood I am thinking about scheduling them all on the same day. Then I could rent a UHaul truck and even rent a lawn mower and a weed wacker for the day until I have enough money to buy my own equipment.

I also have a storage unit across the street from my apartment if I end up buying equipment and need somewhere to keep it. Worst case I could honestly keep the mower in my living room for a bit until things get going.

My pricing plan right now is around 40 dollars per lawn and then extra for things like raking or other yard work. If things start going well I also know a few people I could call to help with work on busy days.

I was fired from my job recently so I am trying to take control of my situation and build something for myself. I also have a tax return coming and my final paycheck which should help with equipment and fixing my car.

I already door knocked about 80 houses before doing window washing and got one client from that so I know it can work. Lawn care seems like it would be easier to sell.

I am still a little nervous about going all in on this but I am going to do it anyway.

Does anyone here have advice for starting out like this or growing a lawn care business from basically zero?

My long term goal is to get into home improvement work like painting and other projects but I figured lawn care is a good place to start.

Any advice would be appreciated.