TOPIC: California Housing Picture Improving?

Will, then for us it will be like that old commercial " you can pay me now or pay me latter"..

The recession is over? The economy will be back to normal in just a couple months? I think someone forgot to notify all these folks who have stopped making their mortgage payments...

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More home inspections are on the way....

don't look to good to me Will, If it keeps at this pace there will be more houses on the market but know one will have money to buy them..

I know you've got your website and marketing targeted at Hemet, but if there's little or no activity in Hemet, target other cities where the activity level is better.  I learned a long time ago NOT to lock myself into a single local area.  Even here in OC, some other inspectors are starving because there's just not enough local activity to go around.  It has ZERO impact on me as I have marketed my business over the years throughout California.  Look at my home page www.progressiveinspection.com you'll see text for "All California, Northern California, Southern California, Throughout California", mouse overs, appropriate telephone numbers, etc.. 

Sure, I'm on the road all the time and I realize some guys just can't cope with that.  But, I work every single day and make hay while the sun's shining.  It won't shine forever.  Today I had a condo call in for OC, house in San Fernando Valley, Condo in San Diego and a house in La Mirada.  I'm already booking inspections into September and it occurs in large part because I don't limit my service area...

Ask Dom about altering some specific pages on your website for other target cities and or areas.  I've done that on a few of mine and it seems to attract specific attention from clients interested in those other areas.

One more thing, the banks have in many cases stopped taking crazy low ball offers.  They believe the Fed has a toxic asset program in the works which will allow them to dump these foreclosures onto the Fed and of course the taxpayers.  The Fed will buy the assest from the lenders which will save them billions of dollars in loan losses.  Keep in mind the Fed continues to manipulate the housing and mortgage industries, which is why we can't move into a normal recovery mode.

Hang in there! 

Will, I have pages as you say that is how I picked one up today in desert hot springs, about two miles from that pother one I did. This one is set for Tuesday I would like to get more anything with in a 2 hr drive is ok. I can't work out of town I did that before when I was working construction, besides helping my Daughter with my grand kids.

Yep, I know the drill.  It's about quality of life too.  Right now, when I'm flying up and down the state on the freeway, the quality is not all that great.  I try and stay at better hotels and eat a nice dinner every night just to make the trips a little more bearable. 

I'm typing this from a Starbucks in Castaic.  I'm going to hang out here for another hour or so, so I don't have to deal with the LA traffic headed out of town.  All these things are the negatives, but I did have a pretty good week from a revenue point of view.

I'll keep giving you referrals when they pop up.  Hopefully every now and then, one will come through for you....