Diversify To Grow your Business

Tony shares his 26-year journey in the home inspection business and the creation of his new book "Beyond Inspecting: A Guide to Growing Your Home Inspection Business." His experience shows how diversification strategies can transform an inspection business when residential markets slow down.• Success is opportunity meeting preparation• Diversification saved Tony's business during California's real estate downturn• Creating opportunity through wildfire home hardening programs• Finding opportunity in regulations like California's mandatory balcony inspections• Using The Corridor Principle - you'll only see certain doors when you're in motion• Setting three priority tasks each day to maintain discipline and momentum• Analyzing the numbers to know when to abandon a diversification effort• Starting with "low-hanging fruit" services that require minimal investment• Value is set by the customer, not the inspectorGet Tony's book at InspectorGrowth.com and connect with him as a mentor through InterNACHI.Check out our home inspection app at www.inspectortoolbelt.comNeed a home inspection website? See samples of our website at www.inspectortoolbelt.com/home-inspection-websites*The views and opinions expressed in this podcast, and the guests on it, do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of Inspector Toolbelt and its associates.