I’m thrilled that my position with my husband’s company is now official! For the last seven years, I’ve answered the phones, made appointments, and tried to answer questions as best I could, while still running my own drapery workroom business, as well as raising two children.
Now the drapery business is closed, the children are away at college, and I’m on board with Bob to help make Inspections by Bob even better!
I’ve done a lot of different jobs over the years, including graphic arts, marketing, journalism, teaching, sewing, and interior design. Quite honestly, all of them were secondary to my role as mother to our two wonderful children. I’m so fortunate to have been able to be a full-time mom for them.
This year, Bob and I decided that the time was right for me to officially join his company as an employee, and be in charge of his scheduling, marketing, and other back-office support. To that end, he took me along to Las Vegas to attend the 2010 Inspection World conference. I took classes on how to be a home inspector, as well as marketing workshops.
Right now, I’m not planning on becoming a licensed home inspector. But I do plan to take classes and learn as much as I can about home inspection, because doing so will enable me to help more clients over the phone while Bob is in the field. I’ll also be taking over writing for this blog, as well as refining the brochures and handouts Bob gives to clients. Bob will still write the more technical posts, and do all the inspections, but I might be showing up at inspections to help out, or to take pictures or videos.
I’d love to hear suggestions for this blog… What kinds of posts do you want to see? What kinds of questions do you have about home inspections? We’re here to answer them.
