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The Smartest Home Service Owners in the Country Are All Doing This One Thing

The Home Service Expert Podcast

Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist

June 11, 2026

Show Notes

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Jim Leslie is the CEO of Home Service Freedom and former CMO/CTO at A1 Garage Door — where he helped build the company to over $400 million. Today he breaks down exactly what's killing revenue inside most home service companies (hint: it's not your marketing), walks through real HSF member success stories with real numbers, and explains how the right systems, community, and coaching can take any home service company further, faster.

In this episode:
▸ The #1 reason home service marketing doesn't work (it's your booking rate)
▸ How a $22M multi-trade company was losing money without knowing why — and turned it around
▸ The speed-of-implementation principle that separates companies that grow from those that stay stuck
▸ How AI is flipping the labor equation — and what it means for your team right now
▸ Why going deeper beats going wider — every time
▸ What smart investors actually look for in a home service company
▸ Inside HSF: membership, coaching, training, and the 90-day money-back guarantee
▸ Freedom Event: October 26–28, Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas

-- 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 🕐 --
— Jim Leslie / HSF
— HSF Membership Overview
— Member Turnaround Story
— Speed of Implementation
— AI Productivity Shift
— Smart Investor Criteria
— Freedom Event Details

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