Managing Your Restoration Business

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Whether one functions as an owner, estimator, secretary, bookkeeper, accounts receivable person or field technician within the company, each individual needs to know the individual part of the budget that they are each being held responsible for.

Building relationships with adjusters is something that draws attention in our industry, as it is a cornerstone of developing any restoration business.   

At some point in our lives, I would expect all of us have been exposed to the story of Peter Pan, either through books, stage plays, or films like the 1991 movie Hook starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman and Julia Roberts. 

Four industry professionals sounded off about the advantages and disadvantages that they’ve experienced from their decision to either stay independent or go the franchise route.

Ever wonder if it’s time to grow your business? Wouldn’t it be nice if you could just wave a wand and it would get done? 

You can go to workshops about time management, read countless articles about work-life balance and yet nobody can truly understand the juggle of a restorer, well, like a restorer can.

Coming out of one of the coldest winters in recent history, the restoration industry has benefited from the abundance of frozen pipe and ice-dam claims.

Everywhere I go, companies continue to want to talk about where they get their work from. They for sure do not like being controlled or told what to do regarding their future work.

As service providers, we know that all the technology and procedures can’t substitute the need and desire for not just good people, but great people.

 I recommend forming a C-Corporation with an S-Election filling most of the time.