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What kind of equipment should you buy? Should you buy new or used equipment? Find out how to sell used equipment, and what kind of repairs and maintenance to prioritize. First Choice will answer some of your burning questions and provide you with up-to-date information about the industry’s new technologies and trends. First Choice Drying Equipment provides tips, advice, and updated information about the restoration industry on this blog. We’ll also provide information about how to spot trouble with a water damage project and let you know how to order our drying equipment.
Why You Should Join Industry Organizations
In many industries, there is a never-ending stream of rules, regulations, and continual changes happening. This is true of the restoration industry, which includes the fire, water, smoke, and floor-cleaning worlds. An individual company trying to keep up with all the...
Are You Ready Contractors?
By Beth Hinton The Atlantic storm season has again arrived, and we must remain vigilant in our preparations for a major storm event. With hurricane season lasting from June 1, 2022, to November 30, 2022, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is...
The 3 S’s of Restoration Project Planning
By Beth Hinton The call just came in and the whole office kicks into high gear. It doesn’t matter if it happens once a day or once a week, when that phone rings and it’s a customer, or adjuster, or even a plumber needing help with their broken pipe or sewage backup,...
Automated Answering-Easy and Terrible
Why do you want to frustrate and anger your customer or potential client before you have even been able to talk with them? In today’s world, the last gadget you need in your establishment is a disgusted, mad, or frustrated potential customer or client when they call...
Is Your Marketer Wasting Your Time And Money?
More than ever, many owners and managers look at a weekly report from a marketer and assume that if they have visited 15-20 prospects and clients each day that week, they are killing it. Sadly, those numbers are usually misleading at best, and often fail to tell...
Building a Restoration Equipment Business from the Ground Up
Beth Hinton, Owner — In the 1980s, my family enjoyed running a thriving housekeeping and cleaning business with clients in Vail, Colorado. As the company grew, we signed very lucrative contracts with the Charter at Beaver Creek, The Hyatt Regency in Beaver Creek, The...