John Dudley
Co-host, Around the House · Founder, InstaBid
John Dudley has been a general contractor for thirty years. He’s bought the material, hung the drywall, eaten the change orders and run the crews. He co-hosts Around the House with Eric G. on 200+ radio stations with more than a million listeners a week. On the show he brings the contractor’s side: what a job really costs, where the shortcuts bite, and when it’s worth calling a pro.
In 2004 he spent three thousand dollars on estimating software and never got it out of the box. Twenty-two years later he built the one he actually needed. InstaBid turns a walked job into a real itemized bid, with the contractor’s own prices and markup, in about two minutes.
For the show’s listeners, he built the free Should I DIY? check. You answer a few honest questions about your project and your skills, and it gives you a straight answer: do it yourself or hand it off.