Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
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Home inspection & real estate trends, tips and tools to help the modern home inspector grow and run a successful business.
Starting, growing and passing down a home inspection business - The Precise Inspecting Team, Ep. 135
Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
1w ago
If you don't know Bill, you should. He and his team are some of the kindest, hard-working folks you'll come across. We've been fortunate enough to know them since the beginning of Spectora. Bill & team discuss:
- Starting a sole proprietorship with a spouse
- The importance of starting with two
- Values and excellence
- Quality software
- Growing your vision as you grow
- Hiring & team inspecting
- Looking for your "off ramp"
Want to connect with Bill? You can email him at Bill@PreciseInspecting.com or hit their website https://www.PreciseInspecting.com
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
1w ago
Jeremy Smith talks to Kevin about his unique co-op model of growing regionally, and possibly nationally. They also get into his unique backstory, how he extends value beyond the home inspection, and why this industry is perfect for lifestyle and balancing with family life.
Get in touch with Jeremy!
jeremy@apexpropertyinspection.com
http://www.apexpropertyinspection.com/laramie
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
1w ago
Chuck is an absolute pleasure to talk to, and a wealth of knowledge in this industry.
We get into specifics of bringing services in-house, being a consultant for life, how to handle downturns and agent relationships.
Connect with Chuck at his email and website: info@realsvs.com http://www.realinspectionservices.com
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
3w ago
Dylan and Kevin get into Dylan's backstory and many other topics:
Marketing
Differentiation
What hasn't worked
How HomeAdvisor/ANGI actually worked for him
Leveraging tech for efficiency
Iterative approach
Email Dylan or hit him up at his website:
dmorgan@propertydocinspections.com https://www.propertydocinspections.com Interested in Spectora? Start your free trial today: https://hubl.li/Q02nfFrR0
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
1M ago
This one had something for every inspector stage! Kevin and Mike get into:
Going from full-time to part-time and still growing
Background as a firefighter and cop
Agent acquisition story
Weird market dynamics in New York
Partnering with moving companies to help clients
Using Actions for more upsells
Productizing annual maintenance inspections
Google Guarantee is pretty great actually
Battling imposter syndrome
You can get in touch with Mike here:
casinohomeinspections@gmail.com https://www.casinohomeinspections.com/
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
2M ago
Do you offer a home energy assessment as part of your inspection? Shannon Bloemker makes a great case for why you should. Shannon is the founder and CEO of Energy Raven, a home energy assessment that helps homebuyers see how the home uses energy and where they can save. She and Kevin get into:
Home energy assessments
New tax rebates and why they matter
How little a home inspection costs relative to the rest of the real estate transaction (and how to get that number up!)
Whether or not the home inspection should be required
The home inspection as education
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
2M ago
David Van Vurst has a pretty cool story to get here. He shares his story of owning a Skyzone up until Covid and how he met his first set of agents with creativity! They also get into:
Using QR codes
Realities of year 1 income as a home inspector
Helping seniors
Using strategies agents can RELATE to
Social media usage
You can connect with David through his website - https://www.phoenixresolutions.com/ or on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/inspector_van/
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
2M ago
Shante is a Spectora OG. Not only because she's known us since the beginning, it's because she is one of the most kind, fun, intelligent people you'll find in this industry. And she's just getting started. Kevin and Shante cover so much:
How she got involved in the business
COVID growth story
Balancing being a mom and working
Hiring a VA
Social media
Hiring a growth coordinator
Downsizing
Being a boss vs. a leader
Spouse dynamics
Want to get in touch with Shante to network? You can email her - shante@lamberthomeinspections.com
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
3M ago
Ryan is leading the youth movement in home inspections! You can tell from his refreshing approach to meeting agents, to recommending contractors - he's the future of this business. Kevin and Ryan get into:
His story from college to home inspections
Homeowner education is 100% the future
User experience for homebuyers
Recommending contractors
Sliding into those DMs
Wish list items for Spectora
Hit Ryan up at his website! https://www.hellohomeinspections.com/our-team
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Spectora Spotlight with Kevin Wagstaff
3M ago
Randy is a Spectora OG. Customer #7 we believe! Kevin finally gets him on the pod to chat about:
- Working with a spouse
- IEB & the important of vision
- Management styles
- NAR Suit and what you can do
- How to handle price shoppers
You can find Randy at his website - https://www.lamberthomeinspections.com/ or on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LambertHomeInspections/ or on Instagram where they crush it, @lamberthomeinspection
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