Episodes
Monday May 01, 2023
Are we in a 657 BILLION Dollar Industry? - Erin Guyton
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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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
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Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Industry changes & how Spectora is responding - Mike & Kevin
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.
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Tuesday Mar 07, 2023
Egos, operating in a recession & owning your mistakes - Floyd & Sandra Gibbs
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:
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Tuesday Feb 28, 2023
Dealing with adversity, recessions & mental health - Thomas Filippone
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.
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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
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Thursday Feb 09, 2023
First Year Tips from a Successful Home Inspector - David Scruggs
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.
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Friday Dec 09, 2022
Fords, Flirs & Interest Rates - Amanda Sprinkling-Felt
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!
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Thursday Nov 17, 2022
Going Out on Your Own, Gen Z Advice & Bears in 7M Houses - Gabe Deiro
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
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Monday Nov 07, 2022
Gettin Awkward with Agents, Open Houses & Vulnerability - Bryan Zionskowski
Monday Nov 07, 2022
Monday Nov 07, 2022
This episode was a treat with Bryan. He is off to a monster start in the business and his mindset drives his success. We talk about:
- Some amazing mindset books to read
- How to talk to agents at open houses
- Being vulnerable
- Using Instagram to win
- Other types of inspections
- Branding 101
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