After a little over a month's hiatus to work on some business structure, we are back and in full swing. We have a few weeks or maybe a few months of content and guests lined up, so expect some incredible things in the coming weeks. On today's podcast, we really just had a brain dump on multiple topics. Staffing Shortages Sons Birthday Almost having a sponsor AIR Summit Insurance/ TPA involvement Struggles daily of an Emergency Services Contractor Much Much More.... So welcome back and subscribe on your favorite listening platform so you do not miss an episode. Catch our previous episodes from the library.  Lastly: If you want to be a guest or know someone that would make a great guest, let us know on our Facebook Page-@disasterpodcaster. Send us a DM Have a great week and we hope you enjoy it.  EDIT NOTE: I was just advised that the audio in the second half is junk. I apologize  10000%. I will improve my QC workflow and find the source of this issue.  Klark

We have a really great collection of Restoration Experts on this week's episode.  I was joined by 3 of California's FINEST.  Robert Hidajat with Blue Van Restoration @bluevanrestoration Adam Redhead. Owner of Restoration Hero's @restorationheroes Stewart Barrios-Project Manager with Allied Restoration @alliedrestoration We discussed things from the importance of Client On-Boarding, one's ability to take constructive criticism, and then closing out in the choice of the State of Texas lifting the requirement for mold remediation in response to the Texas Freeze Event. Great guys and incredible insights.

This week we finally had a long-overdue call with some very good friends and colleagues that I have watched create business-changing results for many restoration specialists. Stellar eMarketing is a digital marketing agency specializing in Restoration. Jon Grubb and I had a chance to have a chat with the always fun duo of Dan York and Shana Randall about digital marketing, especially during and POST COVID-19. Always a blast and this episode got pretty silly....

Texas and some surrounding states have encountered a completely disastrous and unprecedented event. States that are not prepared or accustomed to sub-freezing temperatures for more than a day or two dipped into single digits and below for days during Winter Storm Uri. The disastrous thing is it impacted all major cities and caused plumbing failures from frozen and burst pipes. Loss of power and potable water for days caused most businesses and resources to be halted. The result is what is being predicted to financially, the LARGEST single event in US history. This means surpassing Katrina in 2005. This volume creates a supply issue with the right contractors to handle the right sequence of mitigation. Russ Wilson with Suncoast Claims is a very highly respected firm of Public Adjusters with a reputation for protecting the insured. Today we discuss the terrible potential of the anxious contractors to grab work and get projects contracted to skip the importance of proper drying and dehumidification. We discuss ways we would see GC's and Water Mitigation Specialists form partnerships. Being a Co-Founder of The Alliance of Independent Restorers, we have a huge opportunity to make those introductions and help be a liaison for these parties to get the homeowners and business back into what would be considered a normal mode. We need to act swiftly to avoid the shrinking window of severe mold colonization. Enjoy and please share with your colleagues and across your social media channels.  JOIN our AIR Alliance to be part of helping Texas recover !! https://airestore.org/

We have a really good one this week. If you are in the contracting world, it's likely you have heard of Steve Patrick. Among his many teaching platforms, he is the co-founder of Level the Playing Field on Facebook. Over 13k members and growing.  Steve shared some time with me today (58 minutes-our longest podcast to date) to go over some topics on professionalism, the truth on business ownership and Overhead and Profit understanding. Spend some time on your next car ride and I think you will enjoy the conversation.  PS. I dropped this early so you could get the information SOONER. Nice guy, right?

Today we share just a fraction of the stories from this incredible event. 100million + project and it had its share of incidents I’ll tell grandkids one day

Culture is that thing we ALL want to know exists....but it just doesn't seem to show up. We spend a little time with Nick Lambert with Faithful Disaster Restoration in Billings Montana. After being in business for 15+ years, watching your sales decline, and having to hit the RESET seems like the LAST thing you would have the stomach for. But this is exactly what Nick had to do.  Join us on this scary journey...but be inspired by the results and the story's new chapter. We hope you enjoy it and possibly pick up a few ideas. 

Here we have our newest episode and our FIRST guest. We do an industry talk with Rachel Adams-Beja on MOLD, COVID's damage to our frequent flier status, and some really interesting updates. And of course a few hilarious shenanigan stories. We hope you enjoy and share with your friends and colleagues.  www.restorationadvisers.com

That's right, you read that right. Listen to this bonus segment where we talk about the NEW successful and profitable way everyone should be operating. We do not have insurance jobs. We have client jobs and will treat them all the same way. We open with getting your ENERGY up to stack the WINS in this industry. We hope you enjoy it and please share it with your colleagues.  Reference link-Lt Col West Message: https://www.texasgop.org/chairman-wests-monday-message-1-11-21/?fbclid=IwAR036JLGnJnOzL81kJAEg6dMBrZJ3sFKDgAbIvAF11dDIWG_pbDT4NepQjU

Say what you will, but from where I sit and see....we have a huge ocean of warm, caring, and professional specialists operating here! We  jostled around a ton of topics and stories to make up our FIRST podcast, but we simply decided the world needed to be reminded that all is not lost and that the "Sun is always shining, it just sometimes behind rain clouds" Cheers and we hope you stick around. www.restorationadvisers.com https://airestore.org/