Pam Pibus

Let's teach them how to use the air conditioner.

Let's teach them how to take care of the water heater.

Let's teach them how to change the filters and to check under your counters to make sure that there's no water underneath there.

And you end up with a problem that costs you a lot of money when if you just maintained it a little bit at a time, you wouldn't have all those expenses.

So I think some of it is more exposure from the internet and some of it is just economics.

They just can't, they can barely afford to get in the house.

So they can't really call somebody in to fix the rotten wood.

They're going to have to figure out how to do that themselves.

And I've, I mean, I've been a licensed contractor for 22 years.

My dad was a contractor.

The beautiful thing about social media is that there are a lot of ways to do the same thing.

So why not take advantage of that and learn?

And even if it's the wrong way, I'm still going to learn something.

You know, I've gone into houses and I'm like, oh, Pawpaw and a beer has been here today.

They have done some things.

And a lot of times, to be honest, a homeowner will do a better job than a contractor because they're going slower in taking their time.

Some safety things to keep in mind.

If you're going to build a deck, get somebody there who knows how to build the structure because deck failures are a big deal.

And those are a lot of DIY projects.

I draw the line on structure.