Operators argue small companies sell because owners are tired of mismanagement

The hosts characterize the supply of small HVAC/plumbing companies coming to market as driven by burned-out owners who mismanaged their shops, framing a thesis behind the consolidation wave.

“Well, and the reason, on the smaller companies too, that they're trading is because the owners are tired because of the bullshit. And so the bullshit is caused by them mismanaging companies, not running it correctly, letting the techs run all over them, let the techs not sell.”

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