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Home inspection & real estate trends, tips and tools to help the modern home inspector grow and run a successful business. Learn more about Spectora at https://www.spectora.com
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Tuesday May 09, 2023
Tuesday May 09, 2023
Dave always brings the calm wisdom. Don't let him fool you, he puts in the work and he is constantly learning and evolving. This is another banger of an episode! We get into:
- How he handled COVID
- How we went to the cloud
- Going from 4 to 17 people on this team - How to stay out of "the box"
- Amazing story of how to say no to agents
- How can you help Realtors win?
- Home inspection prices going DOWN, BUT your revenue per inspection can go way UP
- Other businesses you absolutely need to be thinking about setting up
[Live Webinar Alert - May 18th @ 9am MT] Register here -> https://calendly.com/kevin-spectora/social-media-agents
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
- Do you look at your numbers as a % of revenue?
- Do you know the value of your relationships?
- What are you margins?
- What's your ROI on marketing and sales activities?
These are all areas home inspectors are traditionally weak in. That's why Erin is a blessing for our industry. Kevin and Erin have a fun conversation around ways home inspectors can be more NUMBERS driven and make smarter decisions around scaling their business.
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🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com
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Friday Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Episode #105 - This was a fun conversation with Scott because he not only was one of Spectora's first clients, he has grown a multi-inspector company, and now started his own SaaS business, Hoopla CRM.
They also chat about:
- Traveling while running your inspection company
- Recommending contractors as a source of revenue
- Chat GPT
- VAs
- Client Portal upsells in Spectora (PS. It's free money)
Link to Hoopla CRM - https://www.hooplacrm.com/
Link to the IEB event Kevin mentions in the intro - Get more info here Promo code: IEBSOCIAL23
🗣️Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲Get the full version of the app for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com
Not using Spectora? See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
It's no surprise by now - the home inspection industry has had major shifts in the past 5 years. Even more change has happened in the last 2 years.
What does this all mean? What does this mean for your business? Your software partners? Your clients?
Mike & Kevin break down the consolidation that's happening, implications, and how Spectora is continuing it's mission of serving inspectors and their clients with transparency.
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
This interview was a joy. Mostly because of who Floyd and Sandra are. They care, they share and they do things the right way. They talk with Kevin about:
- What it's like running a multi-inspector company and teaching at ICA
- Lessons learned from teaching thousands of students
- Ego is the enemy
- Starting a business in a recession
- Common careers prior to home inspection
- Owning your mistakes
- Hiring tips for multis
Want to get in touch? You can connect with Floyd & Sandra at:
🗣️Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲Get the full version of the app for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com
Not using Spectora? See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Thomas got started in 2020 and talks to Kevin about many aspects besides the actual home inspection. They touch on dealing with adversity, recessions, personality management and extreme ownership.
🗣️Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲Get the full version of the app for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com
Not using Spectora? See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
🚀 Spectora Webinars - https://calendly.com/spectorasupport
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Eric Coates is a long-time successful home inspection company AND an instructor with ICA. He keeps it simple and practical, and that's refreshing. They get into new inspector pitfalls and tips, field training and more. Here are links to the Spectora features referenced in the intro:
✅ Most used defect sorting - https://support.spectora.com/en/articles/6666155-sort-defect-comments-by-most-used
✅ Zillow link - https://share.getcloudapp.com/YEuDn0yv
✅ Quote feature - https://support.spectora.com/en/articles/6906773-how-to-send-a-quote-on-spectora
✅ Draft inspection feature - https://support.spectora.com/en/articles/6654099-how-to-resume-incomplete-bookings
🗣️Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲Get the full version of the app for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com
Not using Spectora? See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
🚀 Spectora Webinars - https://calendly.com/spectorasupport
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
Thursday Feb 09, 2023
David Scruggs went into the home inspection business with supreme confidence. He shares his success journey and secrets on how he had a successful first year in the business.
🗣️Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲Get the full version of the app for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com Not using Spectora? See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
🚀 Spectora Webinars - https://calendly.com/spectorasupport
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Episode 100!!!
The Spectora family thanks you for supporting the podcast & Spectora. We hope you'll share the pod with your home inspector community and anyone you think would benefit from hearing inspector stories.
Here's to many more episodes!
Amanda & Kevin get into training, women in business, interest rates, her Ford 150 Lightning, Flir c5 & she takes a live call from a Realtor!
🗣️ Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲 Get the full version of Spectora for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀 Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com Not using Spectora?
See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Gabe is on the young side of home inspectors...but don't let that fool you. He's using it to his advantage. This was a great interview where Kevin and Gabe talk about:
- Going out on your own after working for a company
- Being a good employee
- Advantages of being Gen Z
- Home inspections are a good living if you do it right
- Crazy story about a bear and a $7M house
🗣️ Talk to a real person about Spectora: https://bit.ly/3JQxryP
📲 Get the full version of Spectora for five free inspections: https://bit.ly/3v7EdMq
🚀 Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://bit.ly/3RTmp1a
🚨 Not subscribed to the pod yet? Shame! Go do it! We're on Apple & Google Podcasts & Spotify. Click follow or subscribe! This keeps us motivated to keep doing more of this.
🤓 Got ideas for guests? Send 'em our way through the chat bubble or email Kevin@Spectora.com Not using Spectora?
See what the biggest and best companies are saying - https://bit.ly/2YDDLZg