Carlos M. Gonzalez, President of Atlantic Building Inspections, a residential and commercial inspection company with offices in: Miami-Dade/Broward, St Lucie/Martin/Palm Beach, Collier/Lee/Charlotte/Sarasota/Manatee joins us to discuss due diligence and how to scale a business. From the due diligence side, with CRE assume no one knows anything about the property. As such, inspect EVERYTHING. Think about environmental testing/use/potential effects on property based on previous or past use, and also take into account the end user and their customer for potential hazards. Make sure that the following are available for inspecting: access to roof and all electrical, a/c’s may be on roof, specialists for elevator, freezers, pumps, etc, grease trap and septic cleaning/inspection, drain forms, fire systems, etc.

How to scale a business: Don't ...