Business View Magazine | March 2018

191 20 years with company; another is one of Corey’s daughters,recentlyhired to replace her.“I want to keepmycompany small enough to be flexiblewith the cycles of themarket,”he explains.“I don’t expect it anytime soon,but you’vegot to be prepared for another downturn.”Another way inwhich Corey plans for anypossibleworst case scenario is having sixof his tenworkers capable of pitching in if there ever becomes a need to eliminate anysubcon- tractors because of cost.“I have a little excavating crew,carpenters,and a couple of pickup labor guys. So,we have the abilityto use our own employee force to build partsof the house,and I can keepmy companywhole.” In fact,it’s highlyunlikely that CondronHomes would ever actuallyhave to partways with anyof its contractors or subs,some of whomhave worked with Corey,his dad,and even his grandfather.“When I saywe go back three generations inmy family in this homebuilding industry,we have business partners that go backgenerations,as well,”Corey declares.“So,we have long-termbusiness partners who have been in place foryears and years.We don’t switch,we don’t bid every job,we don’t hop around unless we’re required to.” In 2013,Corey says that his companymade an- other businessmodification,after hewas inspired bya news storyhe sawonDiane Sawyer’s“Made inAmerica”series onTV.It was about aMontana home builder,Anders Lewendal,whowas using onlydomesticallyproduced products in an attempt to increase the number ofAmerican jobs.“We made