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I wasn’t sure if college was the right decision for me. I considered being a car mechanic like my father, but he was always cynical about the future of his profession. He hated how car manufacturers were making their systems both digital and proprietary, making automobiles even harder to repair for both the mechanic and […]

This type of rebar tie wire is resistant to long term corrosion from both salt and moisture As a new bartender in my early 20s, I had no ambitions to own a business, let alone a beach bar. Back then I just wanted to make enough money to both pay my bills and always have […]

When my parents took me on a cross country road trip to visit my grandfather’s subtropical condominium, I had no idea what to expect. My sister and I had only been in our midwestern state and had been on short car road trips only. We were told that we would see the ocean for the […]

I thought that I could simply build a loft in my high-ceiling living room with little to no help, but that was a mistaken assumption. I was told that I could get in a lot of trouble by doing any structural modifications without the proper permits and inspections to insure that the work is being […]

I hate working in the hot summer sun with hectic deadlines being imposed on us from upper management. Before I was given a chance to work in the building department, I was on the landscape crew and we would lay sod and plant flowers and shrubs in the yards of the new houses after the […]

While I’m a building inspector these days, I started my path toward this industry as a health department inspector. I was sent to restaurants and diners in my county to look for health code violations. While many of the food service companies in this area really care about their products and their customers who eat […]

I like to chat with the guys at the hardware store whenever I’m picking up building supplies. I’ve been trying to finish a mother-in-law suite for the past year but I had no choice but to finish it incrementally when supply chain backups prevented me from accessing the wood and supplies I needed. Things haven’t […]

I’m proud to be from a family of business owners. My parents for instance own an outdoor recreation company that specializes in renting canoes and kayaks to people wanting to traverse our coastal waterways. They make the majority of their money for the year during the peak of tourist season, which for us is during […]