Spectora Spotlight with Carla Heatherly

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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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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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:

Instagram- @Lolas1350 

Facebook- Floyd Gibbs, Sandra Wheless Gibbs and/or Quality Home Inspections

 

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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