Pillar To Post Home Inspectors

Category: Real Estate

Concept Description

At Pillar To Post, we offer an executive model, where the franchise business owner has full-time involvement in the business but does not have to be a home inspector. The owner is focused on building a local team to scale. This is not a passive or semi-passive ownership business opportunity.

We are the leader in the Home Inspection Industry, as we have more owners and inspectors than any other home inspection company, highest average invoice, more million-dollar producers then anyone, more innovations, more hours of training, and more coaches than any other brand. Pillar To Post Home Inspectors is an established brand with 400+ franchises in the US and Canada.

We have an established reputation for integrity and professionalism, inspiring our clients to trust us in every market. By focusing on these values, we have become the largest home inspection franchise in North America and we’re proud of our rapid growth.

Unit Option

Single

Background

FDD Franchised Units: 412

Corporate Owned Units: 0

Projected New Units: 30

Year Established: 1994

First Year Franchised: 1994

Type of Business: Franchise

Hours of Operation: Regular Business Hours

Number of Employees: Small (1-5)

History:

Pillar To Post® was founded in 1993 by Mike Brewer, an entrepreneur with experience in the automotive glass replacement franchise industry. He had bought a house and found the home inspection experience to be badly deficient in serving his needs. At that time, the organized home inspection industry was about ten years old, and for years before that home buyers had relied on friends and family with a construction background to offer some inspection opinion prior to buying a home. Brewer began researching the industry and found that it lacked any deliberate technical training, business training, or standards by which an inspection was conducted.

By 1994, Pillar To Post® was open for business with a formal technical training program, a detailed standard of practice for conducting the inspection, a business start-up and operations program, and a formatted inspection report to make sure every report was delivered to a consistently high standard for the inspector to provide to the realtor and home buyer.

Pillar To Post® now offers a complete package to enable newly recruited franchisees to build a real business, with a brand behind it, and with an approach that was truly innovative for its day. By 2000, Pillar To Post® had become the largest home inspection company in North America, catching and passing those companies that had started ten years earlier as well as the numerous others that had been launched around the same time. A good number of our early franchisees continue with Pillar To Post® to this day, including Charles Furlough who began as a franchisee in Raleigh, NC, in 1997. He grew scaled his business and end up selling when he joined the Senior Management team at Pillar To Post in 2008. Today Charles is our CEO and President.

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Territories: United States, Canada: Registered

Financials

Liquidity: $150,000

*Investment Range: $102,690 - $134,290

**Average Investment: $150,000 - $150,000
Provided by the Franchisor

Minimum Net Worth: $250,001, to $500,000

6 Month Cash: $30,001

Franchise Fee: $58,500

Royalty: 7%

Royalty Description: 7% of Gross Revenues; minimum monthly payments of $0 per month in months 1-12 after your Launch Date; $582 per month in months 13-24 after your Launch Date.

Advertising: Local: we strongly recommend that you spend between three percent (3%) and eight percent (8%) of the Gross Revenues.

National Advertising: 4% of Gross Revenues.

Ramp-Up: 10 to 12 months

Passive Ownership: Passive Ownership NOT Allowed
Passive Ownership means the owner is working 15 hours or less per week in the business.

Passive Ownership Explain: One partner/owner can be passive if the second partner/owner has 50% ownership and is full time in the business

Available Discounts

Veterans

Discount Description: Veteran Discount: Yes, 20% of the Franchise Fee ($11,700)

Training, Support and Assistance

Co-Operative Advertising: N/A

Site Selection Assistance: N/A

Lease Negotiation Assistance: N/A

Length of Training: 11 Weeks

Training Description:

Our all-inclusive training system is called Foundations for Success. This all-encompassing program teaches our franchisees everything they need to know about owning a business, our brand and our industry. We give our franchisees the tools they
need to be strong, successful business owners.

This program includes:
11-Week Training: Our 11 weeks of virtual training cover our industry, programs, sales training, technical skills, operations, and first-hand experience and practice running a business.

This training is broken into 4 phases:
• Pre-training: 90-120 hours of online self-paced training, focusing on Home Inspection basics
• Phase 1: Technical/Pillar To Post Orientation
• Phase 2: Business Leadership Training
• Phase 3: Sales and Marketing – Pillar To Post Predictable Greatness
• Phase 4: Ongoing Continuous Learning for lifetime of the business

Operational and Marketing Tools:

Because marketing is integral to business success, we offer marketing assistance to every franchise owner. Our professional marketing team provides:

Initial one year advertising blitz, including email blasts, social campaigns, and couponing
We support you with your own website, printed materials, presentations, social media advertising, 5-star review program, and call center/online booking system.
Structured marketing campaigns for local use
Expertise on how to effectively utilize marketing campaigns, including digital marketing strategies
Professionally developed marketing materials
Knowledge about social media best practices

Financing Assistance: N/A