Business View Magazine | December 2019

71 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 EL I TE ROOF ING “Then I decided to try roofing sales,” Brothers continues. “I got an opportunity back home in Colorado. I packed up everything in my truck and took a job as an independent sales rep for a large roofing company. I ended up doing really well, and got out of my major financial pinch. And what I found was a ton of opportunity but a big lack of professionalism in roofing contractors. The company I worked for had very little structure, no organization, and they moved too fast. And there were a lot of other companies that were in that same boat. I also realized that there was a pretty low barrier to entry. So, coming from a business background and having the experiences I had trying to build exposed me to insurance claims and the whole insurance restoration concept. And then, I ended up becoming an insurance adjuster. I moved to Texas and travelled around the country for about a year, and that’s what ultimately got me exposed to hail damage claims, and working with roofing companies. I quickly realized that the insurance adjusting side of the business was not a great lifestyle – you’re away from your family, you’re working seven days a week, you don’t know when you’re going to get breaks to come home. And just to make a buck - that, ultimately, was something that I had to pass on even though I was still in a rough spot.”