This episode got WAY out of hand - Featuring Inspector Randle... and Handle

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Oh my goodness, y'all, we have a very distinguished guest on the show today, don't we, Mr.

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Matt?

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I would say that he even gets right to the point about things.

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That would be uh very accurate.

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It was very hard to get a hold of because honestly I don't even think he owns a phone.

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em

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set of fingers, if he just has the two.

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But Handel, how are you?

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OK.

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mean, have you been busy this week, Handel?

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Yeah, yeah, us too.

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Yeah, we've been busy as well.

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It's been it's been quite a week.

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Yeah, I mean, it's a there's a lot of things in a house to tap on.

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ah But what would you say your your your most frustrating thing to tap is like what do you
not want to tap if you couldn't tap anything?

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It, you know, I don't know, man.

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I'm starting to think this was a bad idea.

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I don't, I don't know, Handel, you're great and all, I'm starting to maybe think that we
made the wrong decision here.

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But he should stick around, right?

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Stick around.

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around, but maybe um maybe we bring Randle in.

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Maybe we bring Inspector Randle on.

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Yeah, that'd good, man.

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Inspector Randle, welcome to the Ride Along, dude.

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How you been?

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Yeah, I mean, we love Uncle.

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There he is.

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Dude, Randle, not only...

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We're just hanging around.

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a conversation with Handel, I can tell you that.

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No.

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I mean, it's been a freaking long day, I think for all of us.

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And then, you know, to end it talking to the hand, I feel like is a kind of, kind of, we
get that emotion now and then as inspectors, right?

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uh dude, how did you, how did you come up with that?

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First of all,

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So I saw a random video on TikTok, um some dude using it for Grand Theft Auto.

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And as soon as I saw it, it was one video.

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I'm like, I need to use that for home inspections.

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And I immediately searched it, found it on Amazon, and I couldn't wait for it to show up.

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I had a feeling it was gonna work.

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It did.

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um And yeah, yeah, so I...

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uh

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I'm like, think this is gonna be fun for sure to do, which doing social media, I'm getting
to a point where I'm starting to get burned out on some things.

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So I was excited to try this one.

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It worked out great.

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But I'm probably gonna stop doing it here pretty quickly, just for what it's worth.

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I may do it a little bit here and there, but I think it's ran its course.

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handle cover your ears.

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Well, I don't know, man.

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think, uh, I mean, for me, like, like, you know, of course, my, it's not supposed to do
that thing.

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It's funny because like, I try to not make that my only thing, you know, like I do it once
a week and it's funny because people, I'll put out a video sometimes people like, but you

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didn't say it.

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And I'm like, Hey, you come back on Thursday.

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Stop that.

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You know, like I only do that on Thursday because I don't want that to be the only thing I
have.

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It's really meant to be.

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a comedic, you know, I am showing problems usually, they're usually pretty obvious
problems.

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And I think that's what makes that whole thing and the deadpan thing work.

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But I mean, like, I don't want to do that all the time.

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I didn't want that to be my only thing.

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So maybe maybe handle just, you know, pops up every now and again or something.

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Yeah, and that's my plan.

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em I feel like I've created this weird monster.

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And you're probably experiencing this with your, like what you said with your catchphrase,
but when I post a handle video, the OGs get mad because they like my old content.

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I we like it when you explain things.

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And then if I do that, all the new pointer fans get mad.

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I didn't do a pointer one.

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So I try to make both happy, but...

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The biggest reason I'm kind of over it currently is just the volume of inspectors who have
also started doing it.

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I feel like my feet is just saturated with the pointer finger and I'm like, kind of over
it.

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because Matt and I were talking about this before.

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I get annoyed because it's like you have to understand how a good bit works.

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And I don't want to disparage anybody from attempting something.

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And imitation is always the greatest form of flattery.

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But at the same time.

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Like your bit works because you point at things that we obviously know are incorrect or
damaged or broken.

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But you get some guys on here, bless them.

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They just tap in on things.

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I have no idea what in the bleep they're talking about.

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Like I cannot distinguish anything because you're shot too wide.

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It's you know, or it's too miniscule of a thing.

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You know, like if you're if it's just an average.

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TikTok viewer like they ain't gonna know, you know, it's, uh it's the wrong insulation on
on the wire, you know, no, you know, but anyway.

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Go ahead, go ahead Randle.

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I was just gonna say I've shot plenty of stuff on site and then when I'm editing, I'll
leave it out.

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Cause I'm like, people probably won't know what that is, so scratch it.

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Yeah.

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I have that issue and I'm putting things together too sometimes, but I was talking to Brad
a little bit earlier.

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We were kind of talking about the show and everything.

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I was referencing that I, I was actually inspired by somebody else that wasn't an
inspector or anything with my, it's not supposed to do that stuff.

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Kind of rolled off the tongue one day and then, um, I, didn't really do much.

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And then a few years later, my following was a little bit bigger and I put it out there
and it started to work really good.

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And I thought,

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Hey, and I was inspired by this guy.

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His name's Pat McNamara.

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He's a real like American dude, you know, and like a real, he's always working out and
working in his garden and like, you know, doing all kinds of American stuff.

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And anyway, I was inspired by him and to do a numbered series like weekly.

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And so I started doing that.

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And then a year or so in, like somebody started to imitate it, right?

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But they weren't like.

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giving credit or anything.

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just like took it and they did a numbered series and everything and I was like, well,
that's not cool.

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And so I asked them about it and they were like, no, sorry.

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was just, you I thought it was cool.

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So I was doing it too, but you know, nobody does.

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Then they gave me credit and whatever.

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It's fine.

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I don't mind when people do it.

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I love it when they do it, but this guy was like straight ripping it off.

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And so anyway, I reached out to that guy that was my inspiration and I said, Hey, what
happens whenever, you know, people got to do this to you.

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Like what happens in his

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explanation to me was it's lived with me.

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But it was like he said, you know, it's all in your delivery.

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Like no one's going to deliver it like you do.

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So it doesn't really matter if they do it.

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They're not going to do it the same way.

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First of all.

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And then he goes, and then I of course got a registered trademark on mine.

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So, and I did that too eventually, but I don't know if you can register a hand, but I
think it is very true that I don't think that there's anyone out there that's doing it

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like you.

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know that that's

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Simple to say, it's just a hand point and stuff, but I will say that yours is different
than anyone else I see working that hand.

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Yeah, man.

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thanks, I appreciate it.

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I mean, I like doing it.

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It is nice to just not talk, not have to worry about what you say and the way you say it.

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I mean, you just tap.

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So it is rather lazy at times, but I don't know.

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It is fun to do.

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There's so much attitude in that tap.

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I know, man.

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Yeah, it's there's a comedic element to it where it's like a silent film.

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But, you know, it's yeah, it's good, man.

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But, you know, honestly, before we we get into what I really want to talk to you about,
which I mean, we could talk about the social media thing we've and it's not that, know,

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your experience with social media is, ah you know, better or worse, different or any way
than uh other, you know, TikTok inspector influencers that we've had on here.

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But I really want to get into the crazy growth.

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that your business has experienced just since you started, It's such a cool story.

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But before we get into that, we do have to do our drink of the day, brought to you by
Inspection Fuel.

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Matt, why don't you tell them a little bit about it?

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Yeah, it's September.

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I keep forgetting the dates.

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I'm going to be there but it is in September and it is in New Orleans.

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What are the dates, Brett?

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Eight through the 10th.

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Okay.

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All right.

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That's it.

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One of these days I'll get that down.

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But yes, we're going to be doing a live podcast from there.

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And so that's gonna be a whole lot of fun and I am looking forward to it.

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yeah, the drink of the day sponsored by Inspection Fuel, correct?

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What are you drinking?

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I am sipping on something that first of all, let me pause right there.

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I gotta check the oven.

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think it's did it stop?

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No, it'll rest.

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It'll cool off.

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It's just an air fire.

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gonna cut that out.

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Like that's totally getting left in there by the way.

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He drops a drink in a day to go check on the oven.

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Time out.

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I got to, it's a big old pork tenderloin, man.

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I got to eat that.

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anyway, okay.

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I am sipping on something actually that you gave me, Matt, which I'm pretty excited about
trying here.

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This is uh the Cooper Family Straight Bourbon Whiskey.

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And you picked this up for me.

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ah before we filmed in Austin this past weekend.

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And dude, what a freaking fun time we had, We do, yeah.

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Look guys, you gotta pay attention to the show here, because we got an amazing episode
coming out with Matt Reisinger of The Build Show.

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huge YouTube following awesome podcast and we get to film at his property that is in
development and almost finished.

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It was incredible.

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But you know, we, we sipped on a little bit of liquid courage as we were filming there
too.

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Every now and again, we kind of had to it was hot.

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What can I say?

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But so okay.

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Well, you're you're you're drinking the the the Cooper's family.

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That's great.

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Did you just straight up?

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Little old-fashioned out of it, but dude, it's balanced man.

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It's good stuff.

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How about you?

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What you got?

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I'm doing an old-fashioned as well just with with wild turkey, but Cheers uh to the
old-fashioned

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And Randle, what's Handle drinking?

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Does he have a Handle of?

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He's a tea totaler, okay.

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Yeah, Randle's drinking a big cup of water.

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Mm, hydrating, I like it.

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Rand.

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Stay Thursday, my friends.

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ah Good stuff.

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Well, yeah, so Randle, you were telling me when we got on air here just before, just about
the crazy growth that you've had with your business.

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I guess the course that you've taken, it mirrors some other inspectors in a similar
experience to what I had where uh you kind of did the big company and then you went out

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solo on your own.

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Tell the viewers kind of the backstory behind some of the crazy growth that you've had
this year, man, because I'm excited for you.

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Yeah, so I actually started my own company first and I had a part-time job at the same
time and I didn't like it.

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I didn't like having my own company.

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I never owned one.

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I didn't really know what to do.

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It was way too overwhelming.

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I just wanted to do inspections.

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I do like doing inspections.

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I'm a worker bee.

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My buddy, Ryan Cantrell, who I know Matt knows, I don't know about you, Brad, he's True
Vision Inspections.

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He's here in DFW as well.

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He got me in touch with Blake Williams who owns Super Inspector.

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That's the company I worked with for most of my career.

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And it was a good fit.

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He hired me and I've been with him most of the time I've been an inspector.

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um I never really had any plans to leave.

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I liked the whole makeup of just what it means to work for a multifurb.

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Wake up, go to your inspections, come home, hang out with the family.

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All the business stuff is I'll leave that to the other people.

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And then last year, the first of last year, January, 2024, I to finally start trying to
build social media.

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And it was a slow process throughout the year.

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The last half, it really started to gain traction.

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then October ish, it just exploded.

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I mean, massively exploded.

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And in December,

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So at the end of the year last year, all of the business I was getting at Super Inspector,
I was bringing to the table.

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And me and my wife sat down and we're talking, we're like, it just doesn't make sense to
stay with the company anymore.

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If I'm able to generate my own business, I'm basically just giving the company a big cut
in my opinion.

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They're not gonna like I say that, but.

229
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From what I'm making now, it was a big cut.

230
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And I'm like, let's try it.

231
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It was a terrifying decision.

232
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We were scared, but we're like, we should at least try it.

233
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And so January, I put my two weeks in, January 30th, I think was my last day.

234
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My first day with my own company was the 31st of January of this year.

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ah The first week.

236
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So the night before my first inspection, my wife and I sat down and we were just kind of
freaking out.

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like, is this going to work?

238
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Do we make the right decision?

239
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And I'm like, I think it will.

240
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And so that was a Friday.

241
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Before the weekend ended, I was fully booked out for the first week.

242
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And I'm like, all right, cool.

243
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Before the first week was complete, I was booked out solid two weeks with confirmed
inspections, which means I had contacted the builder.

244
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They were good to go.

245
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had confirmed the inspection, client paid, signed the agreement.

246
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And since then I am consistently booked out two to three weeks, a couple of weeks.

247
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I've been, I was booked out for four weeks, confirmed inspections.

248
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I mean, no openings for four weeks.

249
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Um, and so at this point I've been in business almost four months.

250
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It's like three and a half months.

251
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And I'm just sitting here, you know, I've been on the Facebook groups for years and I've
talked to a lot of inspectors over the years.

252
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And I see how a normal business starting in the home inspector world starts and how it
slowly grows.

253
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I used to listen to Chris Murphy's podcast and he said, you know, the first two years to
struggle and, um, you know, just a grind of trying to make every job work and driving from

254
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Houston to Dallas.

255
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so it's crazy that.

256
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I have been booked out two weeks from the first week of my business to this day still.

257
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hopefully that doesn't just plummet because I said something about it and then, yeah,
yeah.

258
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But yeah, it's been a wild ride.

259
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eh I'm learning a lot.

260
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Again, I've never owned a business, so it's been fun, oh scary, uh crazy three months.

261
00:15:24,607 --> 00:15:31,921
You know, I think a lot of that, like, cause you know, me and Chris Murphy talked a lot
about, you know, how long it takes to build a business.

262
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lot of that was centered around people that are starting their own business.

263
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That didn't work for another inspection company, but also even if you did, like you still
got to get and earn your own business.

264
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Cause it's not like you can just rob it from the company you worked for previously.

265
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Um, but your, your situation was quite unique in the fact that you built the social media
following first before you.

266
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opened your own business.

267
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And I think that that really springboarded you into uh having a ton of business right off
the bat.

268
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So it's great.

269
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I'm sure super inspectors hated to lose you as an inspector and because you were bringing
in a ton of business.

270
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it wasn't like that was business that they were earning.

271
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You were getting it because of your social media presence.

272
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I mean, you built something before you left.

273
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You didn't know you were doing it.

274
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but it made sense.

275
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Like you, you, you had already done the marketing and it was working.

276
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And so why not?

277
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understood.

278
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I still have a great relationship with them.

279
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I feel like I left on good terms.

280
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They understood.

281
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mean, they could see my following.

282
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also they saw the phone calls coming in.

283
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Super Inspector has their own call center.

284
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And at the end of it, I had to have my own phone line just for me, from the people calling
in to book inspections.

285
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That way they could, because I'm like, look, I'm bringing the company a lot of business.

286
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Is there way we can track this?

287
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And so they had a second phone line just for me where if people called that number, they
got that number from one of my social pages.

288
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I had it in my bio.

289
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But I left on good terms.

290
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I have nothing but good things to say about the company.

291
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It just made sense for me to part ways to start my own thing.

292
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I get it, I get it.

293
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I definitely get it too, man.

294
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And honestly, like I love that you still have that good relationship.

295
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You know, I used to work at BPG and the the area manager there, I don't know if BPG
corporate would have, you know, supported him in saying it, but every single person that

296
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he brought on board and he built a million dollar market ah within a year and a half or
so.

297
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But, you know, he would always tell us he's like, hey, look, if you find a better offer,

298
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I'm not going to stop you from taking it.

299
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This is a job and I don't want to lose anybody and I want to make sure that you're happy
working here.

300
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I support whatever it is that you want to do.

301
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And so when I went and started full time at porch doing, doing all this stuff, running
around the country, playing with cameras, he was like, well, that sucks.

302
00:18:06,412 --> 00:18:12,895
Cause you built a great book of business, but you know, I, I support it, you know, and,
we're still friends to this day.

303
00:18:12,895 --> 00:18:16,327
So I love that you got that relationship with them because, because Blake's a good dude.

304
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He didn't hit his wife or wonderful.

305
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So, uh,

306
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time.

307
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Yeah.

308
00:18:20,598 --> 00:18:26,413
I am under a non-compete still, but again, what's great about my situation doesn't apply.

309
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All of my business, literally 100 % of my business comes from social media.

310
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So, you know, most non-competes, the big focus there, at least in my opinion is don't
steal their agents.

311
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Don't steal their employees.

312
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I have no intention of hiring any employees, but

313
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I couldn't steal their agents if I want to, because I can't fit five to seven day option
periods in my schedule.

314
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I was telling you this, Matt, recently.

315
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I just changed my online scheduler.

316
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I only offer two services now, new construction finals and 11 month warranties.

317
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I had to stop all my other services because I can't fit them into my schedule.

318
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And plus I don't want to do some of them, like 1960s houses, pre-listings.

319
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I hate pre-listings.

320
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So I'm like, you know what, let's try it.

321
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Let's just do finals and warranties and see how it goes.

322
00:19:18,190 --> 00:19:19,835
And I've been doing that now for about three weeks.

323
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So yeah.

324
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So it's a final walkthrough.

325
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uh, you know, doing like new construction stuff is, a lot, you know, it's a lot different
than the older stuff.

326
00:19:30,205 --> 00:19:31,485
And it definitely is a lot.

327
00:19:31,485 --> 00:19:36,545
want, I don't want to say like, cause I'm doing the same stuff and it takes me almost the
same time.

328
00:19:36,765 --> 00:19:41,065
Uh, um, for the most part as some of the older stuff, but it's not quite as tedious.

329
00:19:41,065 --> 00:19:42,385
It feels a whole lot better.

330
00:19:42,385 --> 00:19:43,925
Um, I definitely like doing that too.

331
00:19:43,925 --> 00:19:48,125
I get a lot of new construction stuff, but I still do some of older stuff, but I, feel
you, man.

332
00:19:48,125 --> 00:19:49,505
Some of that old stuff that's tough.

333
00:19:49,505 --> 00:19:49,925
It does.

334
00:19:49,925 --> 00:19:51,305
It's a little bit draining.

335
00:19:51,305 --> 00:19:51,733
I don't.

336
00:19:51,733 --> 00:19:53,593
Like I say, it takes me the same amount of time.

337
00:19:53,593 --> 00:19:55,953
I think maybe writing the report is a little bit longer.

338
00:19:55,953 --> 00:19:58,853
And also I think it's just a lot more tedious.

339
00:20:00,293 --> 00:20:10,465
Now, I guess that also explains what or gives me the answer to what was going to be my
other follow-up question, which is how do you possibly book out two to four weeks in

340
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advance?

341
00:20:11,116 --> 00:20:17,963
And I guess new construction final walkthrough really kind of answers it because if it's
like a normal seven day contingency, I guess that's tough to do, right?

342
00:20:18,123 --> 00:20:18,863
Correct, yeah.

343
00:20:18,863 --> 00:20:20,743
So, and that's how I'm able to book out for a week.

344
00:20:20,743 --> 00:20:23,643
Well, for a small period, four weeks.

345
00:20:23,643 --> 00:20:26,063
Usually it's two and a half to three weeks.

346
00:20:26,063 --> 00:20:28,043
It's the finals and the warranties.

347
00:20:28,043 --> 00:20:32,203
I had a lot of warranties, like a few weeks out to months out.

348
00:20:32,403 --> 00:20:39,463
I also had to stop booking pre-drywall and pre-pour because I couldn't squeeze those in as
well.

349
00:20:39,463 --> 00:20:48,183
I was still trying to offer those and just do all new construction, but the pre-pour
window is so tight.

350
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that when the builder's finally ready, I'm already booked.

351
00:20:51,292 --> 00:20:55,574
The pre-drywall, I was able to do quite a few of those the last few months.

352
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I don't like doing them.

353
00:20:57,395 --> 00:21:00,256
And it was also difficult to schedule them.

354
00:21:00,256 --> 00:21:03,157
I kept having people reach out to get questions about it.

355
00:21:03,157 --> 00:21:06,118
And they're like, okay, we'll reach out whenever it's time to book.

356
00:21:06,118 --> 00:21:09,400
And then they would, and I'd have to decline them because I couldn't do it.

357
00:21:09,400 --> 00:21:10,390
finally, I'm like, you know what?

358
00:21:10,390 --> 00:21:15,942
I'm not gonna offer either of those, the pre-drywall, because I just don't like doing
them.

359
00:21:16,363 --> 00:21:17,269
And again, I...

360
00:21:17,269 --> 00:21:18,860
Part of me is kind of being stubborn.

361
00:21:18,860 --> 00:21:32,807
ah I worked for a multi-firm for years, and even though I loved the company, I think any
inspector who works for a firm probably has things they don't like that the firm does.

362
00:21:32,828 --> 00:21:40,211
And I am in this weird phase right now where I'm almost like in a rebellious, I want to do
things my way phase.

363
00:21:40,232 --> 00:21:43,153
And so not doing pre-drywall is one of those.

364
00:21:43,333 --> 00:21:44,814
I'm not a fan of them.

365
00:21:44,814 --> 00:21:46,388
uh

366
00:21:46,388 --> 00:21:47,128
smart, man.

367
00:21:47,128 --> 00:21:53,014
ah I've got a friend of mine, a wonderful inspector up in the Tampa area, Kenny McLaurin.

368
00:21:53,014 --> 00:21:57,658
ah He does excavated septics.

369
00:21:57,829 --> 00:21:59,020
I don't get it.

370
00:21:59,020 --> 00:22:03,102
I'm like, look, sewer scopes are one thing, but he's like, yeah, but it's good money.

371
00:22:03,102 --> 00:22:06,844
I'm like, no, no, I respectfully disagree.

372
00:22:07,545 --> 00:22:13,819
He charged, think $400 not to give other inspectors prices away, but he charged $400 for
an excavated septic.

373
00:22:13,819 --> 00:22:16,831
And I'm like, okay, but that took two hours of digging.

374
00:22:17,171 --> 00:22:17,871
right?

375
00:22:17,871 --> 00:22:28,511
That could have been spent on another house where you could have been making 650 to 750
for a full inspection plus your insurance inspections down here in Florida.

376
00:22:28,511 --> 00:22:32,171
So I'm like, the numbers don't make sense to me.

377
00:22:32,171 --> 00:22:39,511
Like, look, if you had nothing else that day, maybe but I'm like, but why not pick the
easier thing in the air conditioning other than taking up a crap box?

378
00:22:39,999 --> 00:22:41,412
Man, that's tough.

379
00:22:41,412 --> 00:22:44,257
mean, I feel like that had to be way more money than that.

380
00:22:44,257 --> 00:22:47,559
You know, it'd have to be priced the same as an inspection to get me out

381
00:22:47,559 --> 00:22:49,441
yeah, exactly.

382
00:22:49,441 --> 00:22:57,847
So I mean, you've kind of you've earned that right to start your your company rental and
so you can do what you want and kind of uh kind of explore what works for you.

383
00:22:58,026 --> 00:22:59,627
I'm doing everything I want.

384
00:22:59,627 --> 00:23:01,498
I am trying so much stuff.

385
00:23:01,498 --> 00:23:03,879
I was talking to Matt about this a few weeks back.

386
00:23:03,879 --> 00:23:06,239
I've changed my prices so many times.

387
00:23:06,239 --> 00:23:13,722
Just trying to see what works and feel what makes me happy, but also is fair to the
customer.

388
00:23:13,763 --> 00:23:15,563
I also stopped doing septics.

389
00:23:15,563 --> 00:23:25,107
I'll do aerobic systems because I understand those like crazy and they're easy enough, but
anaerobic where you do have to dig them up and then

390
00:23:25,205 --> 00:23:28,157
You open the lid and it's just a tank full of sewage.

391
00:23:28,258 --> 00:23:32,601
I mean, I do have some probe rods, but anyway, I don't want to do it.

392
00:23:32,601 --> 00:23:33,963
So I'm not going to do it.

393
00:23:33,963 --> 00:23:38,506
I'm going to charge for certain things that we didn't charge for at Super Inspector.

394
00:23:38,506 --> 00:23:39,097
Yeah.

395
00:23:39,097 --> 00:23:49,275
I'm kind of just trying all kinds of stuff to see what I like, what I can get away with in
the current, like my current situation with social media.

396
00:23:49,896 --> 00:23:53,018
I tried to charge 600 for inspections, base fee.

397
00:23:53,771 --> 00:23:55,561
I've had to drop that down, so.

398
00:23:56,661 --> 00:23:58,084
I just hear a siren.

399
00:23:58,285 --> 00:23:59,116
Yeah, you did.

400
00:23:59,116 --> 00:24:01,238
So the fire department is right up the road.

401
00:24:01,238 --> 00:24:04,352
It's so possible.

402
00:24:04,352 --> 00:24:04,773
Yeah.

403
00:24:04,773 --> 00:24:05,113
yeah.

404
00:24:05,113 --> 00:24:06,214
Yeah, everything's fine.

405
00:24:06,214 --> 00:24:08,046
just, they're cruising up the street.

406
00:24:08,046 --> 00:24:09,819
hear it about three times a week.

407
00:24:09,819 --> 00:24:10,394
So.

408
00:24:10,394 --> 00:24:15,262
you got to get out of there, just grab that bottle of bourbon on your way out at least.

409
00:24:16,465 --> 00:24:19,219
Yeah, the dog, maybe a guitar.

410
00:24:20,023 --> 00:24:22,103
I mean, that base is a Squire.

411
00:24:22,103 --> 00:24:23,963
So I mean, I'm not too worried about it.

412
00:24:24,463 --> 00:24:26,083
Yeah, that's it.

413
00:24:26,623 --> 00:24:35,263
Now the Gibson, the good Gibson in the back, I'm grabbing that, you know, but anyway,
dude, no, but Randle back to what you were talking about, Seriously.

414
00:24:35,263 --> 00:24:42,223
So what are some of the biggest changes that you've made in terms of your operation and
how you go about doing the inspection?

415
00:24:43,731 --> 00:24:46,123
Um, not much.

416
00:24:46,123 --> 00:24:51,927
The inspection process is pretty similar, I guess, to what I've always done.

417
00:24:51,927 --> 00:25:00,383
know, Super Inspector, they would have a routine that they would teach, but they really
left it up to you at how you wanted to do your own inspection process.

418
00:25:00,383 --> 00:25:03,685
And I've kept most of that.

419
00:25:03,705 --> 00:25:11,070
I've started inspecting more things I used to not inspect, but I've also stopped doing
things and I'm like, eh, don't, I don't want to do this anymore.

420
00:25:12,267 --> 00:25:14,058
So that side is pretty similar.

421
00:25:14,058 --> 00:25:20,372
The business side of it is where it's different from what they do.

422
00:25:20,473 --> 00:25:29,910
I have always wanted to charge for certain ancillary services where many big firms include
them for free, like foundation measurements, termite inspections.

423
00:25:29,910 --> 00:25:31,400
I charge for those.

424
00:25:32,041 --> 00:25:36,444
If the client wants it, I'll do it, but I want to get paid for it.

425
00:25:36,705 --> 00:25:38,386
Especially foundation measurements.

426
00:25:38,386 --> 00:25:39,555
I always hated doing...

427
00:25:39,555 --> 00:25:40,385
work.

428
00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:44,690
I, so I don't really do them.

429
00:25:44,690 --> 00:25:47,392
I mean, I will, I do have the tools to do it.

430
00:25:47,392 --> 00:25:55,699
uh Most of the time I only break out the tools and do it like if I find a problem and then
it's really just to prove what I've already found.

431
00:25:55,699 --> 00:26:01,944
But on rare occasion, I have people ask for an actual, you know, foundation evaluation.

432
00:26:01,964 --> 00:26:07,765
And I mean, if I got to do if I got to measure out the whole property and put all those
numbers in there.

433
00:26:07,765 --> 00:26:09,705
put it in the report.

434
00:26:09,885 --> 00:26:11,645
Like, yeah, I want to get paid for that.

435
00:26:11,645 --> 00:26:13,065
But usually I don't.

436
00:26:13,065 --> 00:26:14,485
I try to open it.

437
00:26:15,285 --> 00:26:16,706
yeah, same.

438
00:26:16,706 --> 00:26:19,288
The way you do it is how I've always viewed it.

439
00:26:19,288 --> 00:26:29,096
If it's one of those weird houses where you're kind of on the fence on the foundation
performance, it's nice to have that tool to just help out, make that decision.

440
00:26:29,197 --> 00:26:38,876
But whenever you're doing it every inspection and it's a 4,000 square foot house, I mean,
just drawing up the footprint can be a nightmare sometimes if your phone app's not

441
00:26:38,876 --> 00:26:41,007
working, we all use the same app.

442
00:26:41,225 --> 00:26:46,760
And then doing the actual measurements in a big house, I'm like, man, I should be getting
paid for this.

443
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:48,481
So I charge for it now.

444
00:26:48,582 --> 00:26:49,653
And I have two prices.

445
00:26:49,653 --> 00:26:56,269
I have just kind of the base cheap price, but if it's over 3000 square foot house, I
charge extra because they're just kind of a pain to deal with.

446
00:26:56,269 --> 00:26:58,843
so, yeah.

447
00:26:59,443 --> 00:27:01,744
I don't really have a whole lot of people request it.

448
00:27:01,744 --> 00:27:09,589
I do have some people that ask about it every now and again, but I mean, I at least have
the opportunity to tell them, know, well, this is what I do.

449
00:27:09,589 --> 00:27:15,732
And um I get out that if I needed, the thing is, is I'm trained to evaluate your
foundation without it.

450
00:27:15,973 --> 00:27:23,197
And so if I find an area of concern, I might get it to back up my findings.

451
00:27:23,209 --> 00:27:24,912
But that's about the only thing.

452
00:27:24,912 --> 00:27:26,686
I just let them know all the things that I do look for.

453
00:27:26,686 --> 00:27:27,877
What about you, Brad?

454
00:27:28,947 --> 00:27:31,247
As far as state the question one more time.

455
00:27:31,247 --> 00:27:32,765
Sorry, I get distracted in silence.

456
00:27:32,765 --> 00:27:36,453
any type of foundation evaluation like with a zip level or anything like that?

457
00:27:36,803 --> 00:27:38,664
yeah, no, so not really.

458
00:27:38,664 --> 00:27:43,336
mean, I'll do a kind of a visual scan of what's available at the foundation.

459
00:27:43,336 --> 00:27:45,937
In Florida, everything's built on slabbing up.

460
00:27:45,937 --> 00:27:55,572
You might have the crawl space, ah but I guess the more exhaustive foundation examinations
were always up in Virginia where you would have basements.

461
00:27:55,632 --> 00:27:57,533
A lot of clay soil.

462
00:27:57,533 --> 00:28:02,095
So you would see a lot more settlement cracking and stuff up there, but.

463
00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:04,196
Anyway, down here, really not so much.

464
00:28:04,196 --> 00:28:09,718
And when it comes to like taking measurements and stuff, ah you know, I guess a good
friend of ours, Austin Jenkins, we all know him.

465
00:28:09,718 --> 00:28:17,862
ah I shadowed him on an inspection before and that guy would take measurements around the
entire house, every room uh perimeter of the home.

466
00:28:17,862 --> 00:28:20,443
He would give sketches, layouts, drawings, all of this.

467
00:28:20,443 --> 00:28:28,807
But I mean, for me, I'm like, that's not what if that's what you think is going to set you
apart from the competition and you want to give that added value.

468
00:28:28,807 --> 00:28:29,267
Cool.

469
00:28:29,267 --> 00:28:32,909
ah I'm giving you two hours, two to two

470
00:28:33,020 --> 00:28:33,951
time consuming.

471
00:28:33,951 --> 00:28:39,755
mean, like that is an hour, you know, and then, you know, and especially to get it all
like in the report and put out there.

472
00:28:39,755 --> 00:28:44,900
Like, I feel like, you know, depending on the size of the property, it can be uh extremely
time consuming.

473
00:28:44,900 --> 00:28:56,600
And to me, like with my knowledge of foundations and, and, and what I had, you know, my
experience, if I get to the point where I feel like I need to get out that tool, you

474
00:28:56,600 --> 00:28:58,820
probably shouldn't be paying me to do an evaluation.

475
00:28:58,820 --> 00:29:01,113
You'd be paying an engineer at that point.

476
00:29:01,126 --> 00:29:01,738
Exactly.

477
00:29:01,738 --> 00:29:05,442
I have already found that there is a reason for concern.

478
00:29:05,442 --> 00:29:13,210
And if you're looking for somebody to tell you that it is a problem or it isn't a problem,
like for sure, like an answer that you can hang your hat on or something like, you know,

479
00:29:13,210 --> 00:29:20,558
if you're buying a house and you really need to know, if you're selling a house and you
really need to know, or if you're buying a house and for resale purposes, like you want to

480
00:29:20,558 --> 00:29:23,143
have that engineer stamp that says,

481
00:29:23,143 --> 00:29:27,824
it's been looked at by an engineer and they said it was okay, or they said, you know, it
actually needs repair.

482
00:29:27,824 --> 00:29:33,617
So I feel like if it gets to that point, that's where you need to spend your money, not on
me running around your house with that tool.

483
00:29:33,967 --> 00:29:34,428
No.

484
00:29:34,428 --> 00:29:40,774
And the other thing too, mean, you know, there's companies that once they've scaled large
enough, they bring on internal engineers.

485
00:29:40,774 --> 00:29:44,747
Um, like, I mean, I know green works has an engineering side of their company.

486
00:29:44,747 --> 00:29:46,579
Harmony has done a good job with that.

487
00:29:46,579 --> 00:29:53,466
But, um, I mean, for, for most guys, I don't see why it's completely necessary, right?

488
00:29:53,466 --> 00:29:58,580
That's where you have the comment in the report where it's like, see a structural
engineer, you know, you,

489
00:29:58,580 --> 00:30:08,343
tool on the truck, but I mean, like, you know, I don't intend to take it out to do
foundation evaluation surveys unless, yeah, I got to get paid pretty good money to do it.

490
00:30:08,343 --> 00:30:12,835
I only do new construction and I do not push this on my clients.

491
00:30:12,835 --> 00:30:22,370
know, they'll ask me about other services I offer and I'll tell them, I offer three
currently, the foundation measurements, the wood destroying insect report and the sewer

492
00:30:22,370 --> 00:30:23,370
scope.

493
00:30:23,630 --> 00:30:27,192
The first two I don't push on a brand new house.

494
00:30:27,192 --> 00:30:30,994
Most houses do not need foundation measurements or even a termite inspection.

495
00:30:30,994 --> 00:30:34,175
Sewer scope I pushed like crazy and I've sold a ton of those.

496
00:30:34,175 --> 00:30:41,299
But I've shown evidence through my social media that they've watched of all the sewer
stuff I find on new houses.

497
00:30:41,299 --> 00:30:42,690
Right, right.

498
00:30:42,690 --> 00:30:44,450
I mean, and I agree with you.

499
00:30:44,450 --> 00:30:53,204
I mean, I don't do sewer scope, but I certainly load test the plumbing and find all kinds
of issues in terms of it being very slow to drain, backing up, backing up, all kinds of

500
00:30:53,204 --> 00:30:53,954
stuff.

501
00:30:53,954 --> 00:30:56,725
But yeah, I try not to push even termite inspection.

502
00:30:56,725 --> 00:30:58,709
I think there's so many people that feel like they need it.

503
00:30:58,709 --> 00:31:00,373
And there's a lot of companies that'll like give it away.

504
00:31:00,373 --> 00:31:03,818
I mean, it might be built into the price, but they'll say the termite inspection is free.

505
00:31:03,859 --> 00:31:07,060
I'm not doing that because I don't want to do it on every inspection.

506
00:31:07,060 --> 00:31:09,961
It is also another element of work.

507
00:31:09,961 --> 00:31:12,251
that I don't want to do if I don't have to.

508
00:31:12,251 --> 00:31:15,664
And I have found termites on one new construction house.

509
00:31:15,664 --> 00:31:24,189
And they also didn't buy a termite inspection, but they got one, you know, because if I
find them, I'm going to go ahead and do an official report.

510
00:31:24,189 --> 00:31:32,373
But like most of the time, the way I explain it to people is like, why would you want to
pay me to give you a report that says, are there any conducive conditions?

511
00:31:32,373 --> 00:31:34,194
Like there probably aren't because it's new.

512
00:31:34,194 --> 00:31:35,425
Is there any active termites?

513
00:31:35,425 --> 00:31:37,036
There probably isn't because it's new.

514
00:31:37,036 --> 00:31:39,881
Is there any evidence of previous infestations?

515
00:31:39,881 --> 00:31:41,243
Well, likely not.

516
00:31:41,243 --> 00:31:43,887
Is there any evidence of previous termite treatment?

517
00:31:43,887 --> 00:31:45,550
Well, likely not.

518
00:31:45,550 --> 00:31:48,713
Like this is what it's just a document saying.

519
00:31:49,916 --> 00:31:51,087
Right, right.

520
00:31:51,696 --> 00:31:52,877
So that makes no sense.

521
00:31:52,877 --> 00:32:02,395
I used to do this, you know, when people would be buying condos up in Virginia when they
would go, Hey, so should I get a termite inspection on my unit here?

522
00:32:02,395 --> 00:32:07,480
I would stand in the middle of the room, and I would turn around in a circle and go,
you're good.

523
00:32:07,601 --> 00:32:09,681
And they're like, Wait, what?

524
00:32:09,855 --> 00:32:11,562
I'm like, let me explain.

525
00:32:11,562 --> 00:32:13,242
You're on the fifth floor.

526
00:32:14,182 --> 00:32:14,963
You fine.

527
00:32:14,963 --> 00:32:15,263
Okay.

528
00:32:15,263 --> 00:32:16,595
And this is a concrete building.

529
00:32:16,595 --> 00:32:20,169
made it up here, like you're you've got a real problem.

530
00:32:20,169 --> 00:32:21,322
The people below you.

531
00:32:21,322 --> 00:32:23,563
want to high five those little creators individually.

532
00:32:23,563 --> 00:32:32,756
Okay, like, I want to get my little handle tap and just give them each a little little
high five, you know, ah but now Randle that says, how do you work the social media angle

533
00:32:32,756 --> 00:32:35,336
into that now with with everything that you're doing now?

534
00:32:35,336 --> 00:32:44,199
I mean, are you looking to kind of continue the same type of content that you've been
doing that's more buyer focused or trying to make it more educational?

535
00:32:45,195 --> 00:32:46,636
I mean, have plans.

536
00:32:47,997 --> 00:32:50,698
I've kept doing what's been working.

537
00:32:50,698 --> 00:33:00,604
Uh, when I first started the first half of 2024, I was really just learning what's so I
never did social media.

538
00:33:00,604 --> 00:33:09,768
So I was learning what worked and what didn't and trying all the stuff that, you know,
trendy stuff and I'd watch what worked for other people.

539
00:33:09,889 --> 00:33:12,110
And then I quit for a month and a half.

540
00:33:12,110 --> 00:33:14,527
I was off and I wasn't planning on coming back.

541
00:33:14,527 --> 00:33:16,578
And then finally I'm like, ah, I'll give it another go.

542
00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:19,530
And that's really when it started to pick up.

543
00:33:19,530 --> 00:33:26,333
And then later in the year is when I felt like I found kind of my groove and what worked
for me.

544
00:33:26,494 --> 00:33:30,406
And I listened to the Preston episode this morning.

545
00:33:30,406 --> 00:33:32,837
Y'all kind of alluded to this.

546
00:33:32,907 --> 00:33:37,780
I felt like I was just genuine and I was showing people who I was.

547
00:33:37,780 --> 00:33:39,201
I'm very sarcastic.

548
00:33:39,201 --> 00:33:43,293
have, I like humor and I tried to educate.

549
00:33:43,679 --> 00:33:46,820
But also show, this is my opinion.

550
00:33:46,820 --> 00:33:49,341
And so if you don't agree with it, totally understand.

551
00:33:49,341 --> 00:33:55,584
Try to show the ridiculous state of new construction homes and DFW Texas.

552
00:33:55,584 --> 00:33:59,442
Um, but then also throw in some humor and I don't know.

553
00:33:59,442 --> 00:33:59,845
worked.

554
00:33:59,845 --> 00:34:00,686
People loved it.

555
00:34:00,686 --> 00:34:04,307
I started to get massive, you know, amount of followers.

556
00:34:04,548 --> 00:34:06,829
Then I started the other platforms.

557
00:34:06,829 --> 00:34:09,069
like, I need to be on everything.

558
00:34:09,170 --> 00:34:13,065
Thankfully I did because now all of them have over a hundred K, which

559
00:34:13,065 --> 00:34:18,280
I'm getting business from all four, Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube.

560
00:34:18,781 --> 00:34:25,127
So I tried the handle thing, that was new and fun, but I feel like it's played out right
now.

561
00:34:25,127 --> 00:34:26,938
But I have some new ideas I wanna try.

562
00:34:26,938 --> 00:34:30,832
I'm not gonna reveal them because I've learned people will steal your stuff.

563
00:34:31,035 --> 00:34:33,730
But anyway, m I have some ideas.

564
00:34:33,730 --> 00:34:37,277
hoping you would reveal it so I could steal it before you put it out actually.

565
00:34:37,439 --> 00:34:38,590
Nah man.

566
00:34:38,590 --> 00:34:41,143
may flop, but I'm excited for it.

567
00:34:41,663 --> 00:34:45,586
I don't think any other inspector has done this ever.

568
00:34:45,967 --> 00:34:46,991
So we'll see.

569
00:34:46,991 --> 00:34:48,222
and do a little dance.

570
00:34:48,222 --> 00:34:51,166
mean, we won't razz him too much on here though.

571
00:34:51,166 --> 00:34:52,286
We love Sean.

572
00:34:52,617 --> 00:34:54,693
He can pull it off, I can't pull that off.

573
00:34:54,693 --> 00:35:02,991
Yeah, no, I absolutely love it, So again, what are your goals then for the year?

574
00:35:02,991 --> 00:35:09,997
somebody, like when you set your goals at the beginning of the year, do they, you've
probably already exceeded them numerically.

575
00:35:09,997 --> 00:35:12,200
So how do you raise the bar from there?

576
00:35:12,200 --> 00:35:15,962
Just for the business, not even talking social media, just for the business now.

577
00:35:17,013 --> 00:35:17,724
Good question.

578
00:35:17,724 --> 00:35:24,149
I'm happy to answer because I don't know, I feel like my answer may be uh not what you
expect and very different from other inspectors.

579
00:35:24,149 --> 00:35:27,532
I have met my goal and I planned on maintaining it.

580
00:35:27,532 --> 00:35:31,115
uh Matt and I also talked about this on the phone recently.

581
00:35:31,115 --> 00:35:34,997
I don't have any intentions of growing a massive business.

582
00:35:35,058 --> 00:35:39,861
I don't have any intentions of getting uh multiple inspectors underneath me.

583
00:35:39,882 --> 00:35:42,183
I like doing home inspections.

584
00:35:42,244 --> 00:35:43,944
It's a very good income.

585
00:35:44,245 --> 00:35:46,867
So I want to keep doing home inspections myself.

586
00:35:47,095 --> 00:35:49,516
And I want a good work-life balance.

587
00:35:49,516 --> 00:35:50,917
I have already achieved it.

588
00:35:50,917 --> 00:35:56,320
uh My perfect work week is nine inspections.

589
00:35:56,900 --> 00:36:01,863
Two Monday, two Tuesday, one on Wednesday, two Thursday, two Friday.

590
00:36:01,863 --> 00:36:06,686
Now some weeks I'm like, you know what, let's make some money and I'll pick up some extra
jobs or whatnot.

591
00:36:06,686 --> 00:36:08,487
Every now and then I work Saturdays.

592
00:36:08,487 --> 00:36:13,870
But I like working Monday through Friday and doing a half day in the middle of the week so
I can do business stuff.

593
00:36:13,870 --> 00:36:16,681
And that is what the last four weeks have been.

594
00:36:17,551 --> 00:36:21,914
And then I like the weekends off because I have three girls and I want to spend time with
them.

595
00:36:21,914 --> 00:36:24,376
So I'm happy.

596
00:36:24,376 --> 00:36:30,479
don't currently I don't have any intentions of changing my business model.

597
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:37,164
I have considered bringing on another inspector just due to the volume of phone calls.

598
00:36:37,164 --> 00:36:38,785
I'm turning away and work and turning away.

599
00:36:38,785 --> 00:36:41,777
But as of right now, I'm happy.

600
00:36:42,441 --> 00:36:43,822
That's great, man.

601
00:36:44,163 --> 00:36:49,630
That's good for you for building that and building that work life balance like you were
talking about.

602
00:36:49,630 --> 00:36:51,572
Like that's, that's huge, man.

603
00:36:51,572 --> 00:36:52,613
Good job.

604
00:36:53,599 --> 00:37:00,482
Now this may change, my two youngest, I have a three year old and a one year old and then
a 14 year old.

605
00:37:00,643 --> 00:37:06,746
But with how young they are, that's man, I'm happy just working and then spending time
with family.

606
00:37:06,746 --> 00:37:08,027
That's where I'm coming from.

607
00:37:08,027 --> 00:37:10,768
So once they get older, who knows?

608
00:37:10,768 --> 00:37:15,911
Maybe I wanna start adding inspectors to my team, but we'll see.

609
00:37:16,551 --> 00:37:18,182
Well, for now, just keep enjoying it, man.

610
00:37:18,182 --> 00:37:19,312
You've done a great job.

611
00:37:19,312 --> 00:37:20,893
Keep it up.

612
00:37:20,893 --> 00:37:28,587
You know, don't, obviously we never want to rest on our laurels, but at the same time, you
are doing exactly what entrepreneurs set out to do, right?

613
00:37:28,587 --> 00:37:37,211
Which is build work-life balance, work for yourself, enjoy the fruit of your labor and
build and craft the life that you think is just the best blessing to you and others,

614
00:37:37,211 --> 00:37:37,981
right?

615
00:37:37,981 --> 00:37:39,002
I freaking love it, man.

616
00:37:39,002 --> 00:37:39,842
So good for you.

617
00:37:39,842 --> 00:37:42,153
And we're so happy for you here, man, for sure.

618
00:37:42,153 --> 00:37:45,367
Yeah, congratulations on everything you've been able to achieve on social media.

619
00:37:45,367 --> 00:37:48,481
That's awesome to hear that you're getting just so much business from it.

620
00:37:48,481 --> 00:37:51,044
I get a lot of business from it, but not quite to that extent.

621
00:37:51,044 --> 00:37:52,887
So man, that's really awesome.

622
00:37:52,887 --> 00:37:55,060
Good job doing all that, man.

623
00:37:55,060 --> 00:37:59,836
You really, you've become a force to be reckoned with on social media and so fast.

624
00:37:59,836 --> 00:38:01,197
mean, great job on

625
00:38:01,427 --> 00:38:02,317
Yeah, thanks.

626
00:38:02,317 --> 00:38:02,928
I appreciate it.

627
00:38:02,928 --> 00:38:05,010
Can I say something to that real quick?

628
00:38:05,410 --> 00:38:15,549
I was on, I try to avoid Reddit, but I was on Reddit a couple of weeks ago and they have a
couple of home inspector subreddits and I'm like, you know what, let's check it out and

629
00:38:15,549 --> 00:38:17,360
see what they're talking about in there.

630
00:38:17,561 --> 00:38:22,785
And there was a guy who said, he asked the question, hey, is social media worth it?

631
00:38:22,785 --> 00:38:24,466
Should I even waste my time?

632
00:38:24,466 --> 00:38:28,670
And so I started reading the comments and most people were bashing it.

633
00:38:28,670 --> 00:38:30,111
And then one guy was just like,

634
00:38:30,111 --> 00:38:31,292
Feel free to do it if you want.

635
00:38:31,292 --> 00:38:33,733
It's not a bad idea, but you're wasting your time really.

636
00:38:33,733 --> 00:38:35,694
There's no return on investment.

637
00:38:35,774 --> 00:38:37,775
So he didn't recommend it.

638
00:38:37,775 --> 00:38:43,318
And I'm just sitting here like, a hundred percent of my business comes from social media.

639
00:38:44,119 --> 00:38:46,480
I'm booked out far.

640
00:38:47,121 --> 00:38:53,044
It was able to propel my brand new company, um know, crazy levels.

641
00:38:53,044 --> 00:38:59,227
So I'm just sitting here like, I don't know, man, I feel like social media, everybody
should be trying it and learning how to do it.

642
00:38:59,275 --> 00:39:04,375
That way, who knows what it could turn their life into.

643
00:39:04,375 --> 00:39:07,215
mean, maybe they start getting a little more work.

644
00:39:07,215 --> 00:39:15,095
Maybe they blow their business up like mine did, or at the very least, maybe they start
making money from TikTok and YouTube like you can do.

645
00:39:15,095 --> 00:39:15,835
I don't know.

646
00:39:15,835 --> 00:39:23,935
So the reason I said that is if you've been on the table, or sorry, been on the fence
about doing social media, I recommend it.

647
00:39:23,935 --> 00:39:24,795
Try it out.

648
00:39:24,795 --> 00:39:26,175
It is a learning process.

649
00:39:26,175 --> 00:39:27,903
It'll take time to...

650
00:39:27,903 --> 00:39:29,747
Figure out what works for you.

651
00:39:29,747 --> 00:39:32,181
You're gonna have a lot of failure videos.

652
00:39:32,181 --> 00:39:34,295
You're gonna have people that bash you, whatever.

653
00:39:34,295 --> 00:39:36,438
Just try it, keep posting it.

654
00:39:36,439 --> 00:39:39,153
I can't recommend social media enough.

655
00:39:39,871 --> 00:39:45,181
Yeah, I actually don't necessarily think it's for everybody, but I think it's probably for
everyone to at least try.

656
00:39:45,181 --> 00:39:52,069
I mean, like, you know, because you don't know and obviously like there's a lot of people
that just won't put in the effort.

657
00:39:52,070 --> 00:40:00,215
And, uh and so that's what helps some of us be successful because there's a lot of people
out there that just can't keep up with the demand and the workload that because it is

658
00:40:00,375 --> 00:40:01,226
takes a lot of effort.

659
00:40:01,226 --> 00:40:06,601
It takes a lot of time and a lot of effort to put to film material, put it together, put
it out there.

660
00:40:06,601 --> 00:40:08,701
You know, it's a, it's a whole.

661
00:40:08,701 --> 00:40:10,706
separate situation from inspections.

662
00:40:10,706 --> 00:40:19,225
I mean, when it's the only form of marketing you have and it's bringing you all your
business, mean, for absolutely free.

663
00:40:19,225 --> 00:40:19,966
it, man.

664
00:40:19,966 --> 00:40:23,769
It's literally we all run around with a 4K camera in our pockets now.

665
00:40:23,769 --> 00:40:25,911
ah It's it's a pretty impressive.

666
00:40:25,911 --> 00:40:32,076
But at the same time, you know, not everybody has the same creative mind or or has that
kind of a penchant.

667
00:40:32,076 --> 00:40:41,763
But at the same time, it's you know, I know there's inspectors out there that don't do
hardly any social media and they do 600 to 700 inspections a year on their own.

668
00:40:41,924 --> 00:40:45,166
This is a BPG top inspector, my old area manager.

669
00:40:45,166 --> 00:40:46,507
ah

670
00:40:46,629 --> 00:40:47,770
not a lick of social media.

671
00:40:47,770 --> 00:40:53,747
So there's multiple ways to skin the cat, but at the same time, why pass up free
marketing, like you're saying.

672
00:40:53,747 --> 00:41:03,792
read it in, in what's it, there's an inspector publication that I don't even remember
subscribing to, but I, I get it mailed to me every so often, like every quarter or

673
00:41:03,792 --> 00:41:04,073
something.

674
00:41:04,073 --> 00:41:07,264
There's like a inspector magazine or something that comes.

675
00:41:07,264 --> 00:41:15,399
And I remember reading years ago, uh, that if you didn't have an Instagram account, like
you were really, you know, you're leaving money on the table or something like that.

676
00:41:15,399 --> 00:41:18,240
And I was like, I'm gonna get an Instagram account.

677
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:19,321
I went right after it.

678
00:41:19,321 --> 00:41:20,782
And, and you know, here I am now.

679
00:41:20,782 --> 00:41:23,443
So, uh, and that was years ago.

680
00:41:23,781 --> 00:41:26,773
in a magazine, but I definitely agree.

681
00:41:26,773 --> 00:41:32,506
Like if you're not doing something or trying something, like why not?

682
00:41:32,606 --> 00:41:33,877
What is your hangup?

683
00:41:33,877 --> 00:41:37,789
It's free and there's a lot of business to be had out there.

684
00:41:37,789 --> 00:41:43,301
And I think what makes it so special is that there's just so many people in the world, so
many people on social media.

685
00:41:43,301 --> 00:41:45,814
Okay, they may not like me, they might like you.

686
00:41:45,814 --> 00:41:50,416
They might like you, they might like me or whatever, you know, or somebody else.

687
00:41:50,416 --> 00:41:52,359
There's something out there for everybody.

688
00:41:52,359 --> 00:41:56,432
And so, you just find your audience and then start catering to them.

689
00:41:57,628 --> 00:41:58,285
Absolutely.

690
00:41:58,285 --> 00:41:59,195
the way you phrased it.

691
00:41:59,195 --> 00:42:01,116
I understand it's definitely not for everybody.

692
00:42:01,116 --> 00:42:04,518
There were some guys at Super who tried it and they're like, it's not for me.

693
00:42:04,518 --> 00:42:11,181
I guess my point was um if you've been thinking about it, at the very least, give it a
shot, give it a chance.

694
00:42:11,181 --> 00:42:13,041
Who knows, you may love it too.

695
00:42:13,822 --> 00:42:16,347
Maybe like, this is what I've been waiting for.

696
00:42:16,347 --> 00:42:17,047
Seriously.

697
00:42:17,047 --> 00:42:18,827
Love saying everything that you're doing out there.

698
00:42:18,827 --> 00:42:20,027
It's been it's been a blast.

699
00:42:20,027 --> 00:42:25,367
So we really enjoyed having you on the Definitely.

700
00:42:26,607 --> 00:42:30,267
Well, Randle and Handel, thank you so much for coming on the show.

701
00:42:30,267 --> 00:42:31,007
This has been a blast.

702
00:42:31,007 --> 00:42:32,407
We got to do it again soon.

703
00:42:32,407 --> 00:42:34,287
We got to keep you a frequent guest, dude.

704
00:42:34,287 --> 00:42:37,207
And, you know, hopefully, you know, you come to inspection fuel.

705
00:42:37,207 --> 00:42:38,807
We'd love to see the both of you there.

706
00:42:38,807 --> 00:42:41,007
You know, the handle as well.

707
00:42:41,007 --> 00:42:41,450
But

708
00:42:41,450 --> 00:42:49,091
so I didn't even know about it until the, I mean I knew about it, but the Preston episode
today, I'm like, man, yeah, that's coming up.

709
00:42:49,091 --> 00:42:51,547
I need to start planning for that, so.

710
00:42:51,547 --> 00:42:52,248
I got you.

711
00:42:52,248 --> 00:43:01,096
I'll hook you up with the the we'll cover your cover your ticket man for sure we want you
there but definitely we'll talk about that off air for sure for those of you that want to

712
00:43:01,096 --> 00:43:12,166
go obviously you can check it out at inspectionfuel.com slash register we want to see you
there but Randle again thanks again Matt love doing this with you and dude the people need

713
00:43:12,166 --> 00:43:18,437
to be watching because we got a fun one coming up next well next episode with with Matt
Reisinger from

714
00:43:18,437 --> 00:43:22,240
though, because that will be the last episode whenever this one airs.

715
00:43:22,555 --> 00:43:23,555
Right.

716
00:43:23,846 --> 00:43:25,137
that's a good point.

717
00:43:25,137 --> 00:43:26,237
Yeah, yeah, you're right.

718
00:43:26,237 --> 00:43:28,559
Go back and watch that one is what I mean to say.

719
00:43:28,559 --> 00:43:30,179
Yeah.

720
00:43:30,380 --> 00:43:34,662
We we had a really good episode with this guy.

721
00:43:34,822 --> 00:43:36,163
Yeah, I do.

722
00:43:36,163 --> 00:43:37,684
We record these things in batches.

723
00:43:37,684 --> 00:43:40,965
I forget when they happen from time to time.

724
00:43:41,766 --> 00:43:42,647
All right, man.

725
00:43:42,647 --> 00:43:43,127
We love it.

726
00:43:43,127 --> 00:43:43,397
Randle.

727
00:43:43,397 --> 00:43:43,887
Thanks again.

728
00:43:43,887 --> 00:43:45,468
Thank you guys all for watching.

729
00:43:45,468 --> 00:43:46,409
I'm gonna go eat dinner.

730
00:43:46,409 --> 00:43:50,771
I'm hungry and we'll see you here next time right on.

731
00:43:51,059 --> 00:43:52,186
Right along.

732
00:43:52,793 --> 00:43:53,803
We'll see you then.