Went out networking yesterday to open houses and talk with some agents. Thay all said that they had a lot of traffic. That is good. April has been blah for workload! The weather has something to do with it for sure. Iwas very optimistic this winter with an increased workload . April has not been kind though. I am hoping that it was just because this terrible Chicago weather. I am thinking this week should be a breakout week. I also had some minor technical problems on my website www.safeathomeinspect.comFor some goofy reason my homepage was coming up page not found. One of my fellow inspectors out in the LA area noticed it and let me know and I corrected the problem. Thanks to Dana Bostick of True Professionals, Inc In that short time my home page was down my ad words campaign was disapproved and stopped showing ads and also my search engine ranking went down. I think my page was only down maybe 12-24 hrs. So my advice would be to everyone is check your site a couple times a day just to make sure it is functioning Lets hope this spring market starts to move!

Jeff

Man o man Have not done any blogging at all sorry about that. Will try to post more for sure. Waiting for some sign of spring. Market here in Chicago for Jan and Feb was looking good more than a 50% increase for me but Mar slacked off a bit . Hey anything is better than last year that was the pits a major let down. I feel a much better vibe this year than last. Web traffic is up and I just feel better this year than last. All we need now is for the weather to ease up a bit. Still can't make it out of the 40's Ugh. Last week could not even make it out of th30's double ugh. I am thinking as soon as it warms a little the market is going to pop like a tulip. I hope it does for all of us

Jeff

Happy Holidays to all. Been slow as expected for this time of year. I hope everyone has had their furnace serviced by a qualified professional to ensure safety and top notch performance. Also make sur that you air filter are changed according to Mfr Specs. Hopefully something will be happening soon . I would think right after the holidays. I hope the next year is better than last year. I am for sure going to hang in there.

Jeff

Hello everybody! Man o Man been away to long!. No excuses at all. Not much going on i the market. August was much better than July or should I say January. That is what it felt like. Volume is a ittle better. been doing some disaster work with all the floods here in IL. One day we will come out of this funk! Just have to hang in there. I am not going anywhere! Well everyone should start getting everything ready for winter and get ready to rake some leaves always fun right?

Later

Jeff

Hi To All

Not much activity anywhere. Web traffic down,phone inquiries down. Not much goin on. It is vacation time, but I am always an optimist. Sooner or later it will turn and I will be there. I hope everyone had a good 4th ! Hopefully this week will be busier than the last couple. Well for one thing it will not be any worse LOL!

Take care

Jeff

Where is all this rain coming from? make sure your sump pumps and battery back ups are operating properly. This actually a good time to do inspections because that sneaky little enemy water is alot easier to spot. Well the grass sure looks good but the flowers are sure suffering from lack of sun. I hope no one out there has gotten any water intrusion in their house.

Later

 Jeff

Hello to all

Just reminding everyone to make sure your deck is in good shape before you pack all your friends on it. A good percentage of decks are not supported properly and are deteriorated. It is always agood idea to have an annual inspection and maintenance done to keep it in tip top shape. Nobody wants to have an accident that could have been prevented. Well everybody have fun on this very meaningful holiday weekend. We honor all the men and women  who have given the supreme sacrifice. we could not do what we do without them. Thank You you will always be in our hearts. We will never forget you and what you have done. Heroes of our hearts. Thank you To the US Military.

Jeff

Hi to all

All of sudden I am the most popular person! LOL ! Thing are really getting going now already have some scheduled for this week. hopefully it keeps up. What makes it even sweeter,that almost all of the inspections were like 2 miles from my house. I just love that as I think anyone would. I hope everyone else is heating up to

Good luck

Jeff

Hi All

Seems like every road I take has construction. Even when I take an alternate. I will have to check google on minute by minute basis. LOL. Thank God For GPS or I would have been lost at sea a couple times for sure . How did we get along without this great invention. They should give the inventor of GPS a medal for sure! I also want to thank the U.S military for all they do! Thank you all ! Whenever I see a military member I go up to them and shake their hand and thank them. I also would like to thank them for the great GPS system they graciously let us use. Hope thing are staring to pick up for everyone.

 Later

Jeff

Hello to all

I have been seeing more unknown organic substances (aka) possible mold recently. I just want everybody to know that you can get ill if you are exposed. Minimum protection is 3M model #8210 dust mask and they are available at all Home improvement centers. Mold is not always the end of the world. In alot of cases it can be re mediated. Just everyone be careful. I did get sick last year I just popped my head in a real wet crawlspace that looked like it had possible mold,and I did not have a mask on it could not have been more that 15 seconds and that night I felt like I was getting a cold,then for the next month I was just coughing and I was congested. It finally did go away but from then I always mask up for sure. So I am hoping everyone else is doing the same if they might even think there could be mold. Remember a $2.00 mask can save you from a month of coughing

 later

Jeff