It would appear that PB lost their FEMA contract

[Tom Raymond]

Anyone know who BISCO is? Google comes up with a dentistry group, a youth camp, a machine tooling company, etc.

http://buffalo.craigslist.org/trd/4161624239.html

[Scottpat]

BISCO is owned by Marvin Goldstein, ASHI President last year....

His company joined with Vanguard and bid on the FEMA contract, they won it along with Parson (PB), PARR is the one that is out.

They are doing something different in that they are going to try and use as many local inspectors as possible so that you do not have to close down your business for several weeks to work a disaster.

BISCO has been a major REACT inspection contractor for years. They have a good reputation.

This is the BISCO website http://www.inspectpro.com/

[hoosier inspector]

Craigs' list?

[Marc]

Craigs' list?

Right. What's up with that?

Marc

[Erby]

Lot's of jobs are posted on Craigs LIst. Ain't nothing special about that one.

[Tom Raymond]

I recently started advertising on Craigslist. I'll let you know if it works.

[Erby]

Reminded me to repost my Craigslist ad. Hadn't done so for awhile.

http://lexington.craigslist.org/rts/4165159047.html

Maybe I need to rewrite it too! Been awhile since I've changed it.

3 or 4 times a year, someone says they found me on Craigslist.

Enough to renew my free ad there when I think about it.

[Tom Raymond]

Only 3 or 4 a year?

That's not very encouraging.

[gtblum]

Only 3 or 4 a year?

That's not very encouraging.

That's three or four more than he might have had without it. Not bad for free. Don't worry about the numbers until you count up everything at the end of the year.

[Erby]

Gee Tom, I guess the hour or so I spend reposting that ad is worth it for those inspections.

Just like I get several a year from putting my business card on those bulletin boards in those little out of the way boondock gas stations or restaurants when I stop there to get a drink or gas.

How many a year, per source, do you want for free before the effort is worth it?

[hoosier inspector]

Can't beat free, the ROI is astronomical.

[Tom Raymond]

To be fair I didn't know what to expect from the ads, but I need more like 3 or 4 a month.

I'd be happy with 3 or 4 more a quarter to start.

[Erby]

I'd be happy with 3 or 4 hundred.

However, I take what I can get and am happy about the quality and quantity.

Quality has gone up since I stopped yellow page ads.

[John Dirks Jr]

If you are good at what you do, 4 becomes 8, then 16 and so on.

I get a significant number of "we got your name from our friends"

So, even one inspection from a free add source is worth it in my opinion.

[jaismith08]

That's good to know. Well, speaking of FEMA I have heard that over the last few years the Federal Emergency Management Agency isn't making very many friends. FEMA has sent out letters insisting that 5,560 individuals repay $21 million in emergency cash. One senator has recently floated a bill that would roll back these payments.

[Scottpat]

Yep, a bunch of folks stole money with fraudulent claims... Glad our government is going after them to get my tax money back!