This is the Home Service Expert podcast with Tommy Mello.

Let's talk about bringing in some more money for your home service business.

Welcome to the Home Service Expert, where each week Tommy chats with world-class entrepreneurs

and experts in various fields, like marketing, sales, hiring, and leadership to find out

what's really behind their success in business. Now, your host,

the Home Service Millionaire, Tommy Mello. All right, Home Service experts. I'm here

with Troy Timmer, and Troy has experience in the industry that spans over 22 years.

He's a home service contractor. He knows a lot about roofing. 17 years he spent in roofing.

He used to be a sheriff. He played college football. This guy knows a lot of stuff.

Now he's out just helping guys and girls like us that are trying to do well in the home service industry.

So, Troy, if you could tell everybody how you got started and really what you've done.

And tell us a little, maybe a couple of stories about some turnaround.

I appreciate you having me on.

As you kind of said, about 22 years ago, I was a deputy sheriff in Bowes, in Montana.

And I've done that for a while.

I got started in this industry through my father.

He was a fireman for a long time, and, you know, firemenmen they work two days a week the rest of

time they have a business on the side he did roofing on the side so I was working for him to make

money I didn't take long to figure out I can make a lot more money doing this and I couldn't

law enforcement and so I made a shift and I started mowing roofing company. I was like a lot of people to get into this

industry. You know, I don't really know how to run a business. I learned how to put the products

on and I did the best I could. And I did that for 17 years. Then it was time for me to use my

...