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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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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
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
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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Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Howard wins the best mic contest. He also is a refreshing first year, veteran inspector that exceeded all traditional expectations through dedication, practicality and creativity! He and Kevin get into so much including:
- Being a millennial in the business
- Why veterans do so well in home inspections
- Outsourcing
- Dedication >>> Motivation
- AI writing tools
- Content, content, content
- Using a VA
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Monday Oct 03, 2022
Monday Oct 03, 2022
Eric Harmon is easy to root for. A practical guy that tracks his numbers and goes with what works. Simple right?
He drops lots of juicy nuggets in this one:
- His origin story
- How he got inspection #1
- Using IG to get 34% of his agents
- Using local contractors as a differentiator
- Making thousands more a month from 1 upsell email
Interested in Spectora? Start your free trial today: https://hubl.li/Q02nfFrR0 Bundle a year of the app with a custom website: https://hubs.la/Q02p9VvF0 Growing your business? We got your back. Check out our business tools: https://hubs.la/Q02p9S0B0 Learn more about the power of Spectora, visit Spectora Academy: https://hubs.la/Q02pv_G90 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://hubs.la/Q02p9SRZ0
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Friday Sep 30, 2022
Blaine Wallace keeps it fun and creative.
He brings the knowledge on how he used Instagram to his benefit (still does) and how breakfast meetings helped him scale up.
We get into more amazing topics for new inspectors:
- How and why he doesn't like going to offices
- How he gets all online bookings and no phone calls
- Mentorship
- How to explain defects smoothly
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Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
JT is always a treat. He's one of those guys that seems like he's got it all figured out. This time we get into:
- His acceptance into the Enterprise level of IEB
- Using Spectora Advanced for both of his companies
- Self-improvement
- KYN (Know Your Numbers!)
- Training & personality assessments
- How he's thinking about growth, digital vs. Realtors
If you want to see JT's impressive companies, you can find them below:
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Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Thursday Jul 21, 2022
Trish is practical and effective. She got agent lists, created content, did "fireside chats" and got Google Reviews! And she's building an amazing business up in Canada. Listen in and Kevin and Trish talk about her first inspection, getting a big ole list of agents, creating content, training and more!
You can connect with Trish at her website - https://www.wiseonhomeinspections.com/ or wiseonhomeinspections@gmail.com
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Thursday Jul 07, 2022
Thursday Jul 07, 2022
In this month's Spectora Spotlight, we got the Inspect Canada team to talk about their journey in the Canadian home inspection market, creating content to grow and how to wow client's with true home consultant services.
You can connect with Dave and his team at their website - https://inspect.ca/
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Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
On today's episode we have special guests Mike Wagstaff and Liz Devine. You know Mike (co-founder and CEO) but Liz is a talented Product Manager at Spectora that's running our partnerships program. We have always been all about looking forward and finding ways to elevate our industry. This is one of the ways our industry is transforming in real time.
They talk about:
- The state of the industry and how it relates to clients, data, leads and monetization for inspectors
- Spectora's stance on ethical ways home inspectors can and should benefit
- The needs of the modern homebuyer
- How our industry will evolve in the coming years and how you can be ahead of the curve
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