Growing Pains

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges and successes of scaling a home inspection company from a solo operation to a larger multi-inspector business.

Growing a home inspection company is supposed to feel like progress, but sometimes it feels like you are sprinting just to stay upright. We sit down again with Mike Ortiz, one of our favorite returning guests, to unpack the real “growing pains” behind scaling from a solo inspector to a seven-inspector, multi-county operation in California. The wins are real: more services, stronger reviews, better tools, and bigger opportunities like solar inspections. The pressure is real too: payroll every ...

People in this episode

Host: Ian Robertson

Guest: Mike Ortiz

Topics covered

• home inspection
• business growth
• scaling operations
• entrepreneurship
• challenges
• services expansion

Keywords

• home inspection
• growing pains
• business scaling
• multi-county operation
• solar inspections
• entrepreneurship
• reviews
• tools

Mentioned in this episode

Places: California

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