As Billy Short reflects on some of the more challenging jobs he has encountered this past year, all those stats we typically see — budgets, scopes, figures, totals, yields and percentages — aren’t the real indicators of what makes a job hard, he says. Ultimately, the hard jobs are the ones you are not prepared for.

I want to tell you about my father-in-law. In 1988, he started his business in his garage with his best friend shortly after high school. He sold that plastics injection molding company several weeks ago, for what I would guess is a handsome sum, and is now just two years from retirement after slowly phasing out of the company.

Restoration 1®, one of the fastest-growing and most-trusted restoration franchises in North America, kicks off 2019 with the brand’s seventh consecutive year of recognition in Entrepreneur magazine’s Franchise 500® list.

 Based on 2014 revenue from remodeling sales volume, Paul Davis was ranked No. 1 by Remodeling magazine in the Insurance Restoration Companies category and No. 2 on Qualified Remodeler magazine’s annual Top 500 list.  

This week, Annissa explains why it's so important homeowners sign liability forms.

A homeowner called and asked if we could check her ventilation system for cleanliness. She also complained that her bathroom was always cold in the winter and hot in the summer. In fact, the homeowner has had this problem since the house was built 17 years ago.